Guwahati
After a drought, Virat Kohli’s batting rain. India won by 67 runs in the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka when Kohli scored a brilliant century. India scored 373 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Lanka scored 306 runs for eight. Kohli, who saw three figures in the third ODI against Bangladesh, continued his excellence against Lanka. He scored 113 runs in 87 balls in Guwahati. The century came off 83 balls. There was one six and 12 fours in the innings. 45 centuries in ODIs. 73 in international cricket, 27 in Test and one century in Twenty20.
On the other hand, captain Dasun Shanaka struggled for Lanka with a century. Shanaka remained unbeaten on 108 off 88 balls.
India did not disappoint in preparation for the World Cup. The Indian batters did not shiver in the chilly atmosphere in Guwahati. Crushed from the start.
Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and sent India into bat. However, that decision failed at the outset. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started with boundaries. Both scored 143 runs off 118 balls for the first wicket. It was Shanaka who separated this alliance by tangling Gill, who scored 70 runs in 60 balls, in front of the wicket. On the other hand, Rohit, who came back from injury, was advancing with good shots. However, Dilshan Madhushanka bowled the Indian captain who scored 83 runs in 67 balls. Then Kohli conquered the field. Kohli, who started fast, pulled back a bit when Rohit returned. Shreyas Iyer was the team at this stage. Shreyas attacked the spinners. 28 runs off 24 balls. One six and three fours. He finally fell to spinner Dhananjaya de Silva.
Kohli did not flinch. Lokesh Rahul came together. Both kept wickets in the first phase. Then attacked. Both scored 90 runs in 70 balls. Rahul scored 39 runs off 29 balls when Kasun Rajita bounced back. At this stage, India were 4-303 in 40.5 overs. However, no one could come forward to support Kohli. Hardik Pandya (14 off 12 balls) and Axar Patel (9 off 9 balls) made a quick comeback. Kohli also couldn’t hit the big shots. At one stage the team was expecting a score above 400.
Among the Lankan bowlers, Rajit took three wickets but conceded 88 runs in 10 overs. In reply, Lanka could not hold on to a huge score. Shanaka’s fight in the last stage reduced their loss. Shanaka added 100 runs along with Rajith in the ninth wicket. In this, Rajitha scored only nine runs. Both were tied at 8-206. Ten Nissanka who scored 72 runs in eighty balls and Dhananja de Silva who scored 47 runs in 40 balls struggled.
Umran Malik, who took three wickets, shone among the Indian bowlers. Mohammad Siraj took two wickets. The second ODI will be played in Kolkata tomorrow. Third match at Thiruvananthapuram on 15th.
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