Welcome to the highlights of Sri Lanka vs India 4th ODI - 2017 India tour of Sri Lanka 5-match ODI series - The fourth One-Day International cricket match between Sri Lanka and India was played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on August 31, 2017.
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| Virat Kohli acknowledges the applause of his mates after bringing up his 29th ODI ton © Getty Images |
Match Overview:
Masterclass centuries from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma sets up to India massive 168-run victory over Sri Lanka and go up 4-0 lead in a one-sided fourth ODI.
Match Stats:
- India's 168-run win was their tenth largest victory by terms of runs in one-day international and it is their third biggest victory against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- Sri Lanka's 168-run defeat was their ninth worst by margin of runs in ODIs.
- India's 375 was their third highest score against Sri Lanka in one-day international and the third highest total in Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- 7 : Virat Kohli hit the second most centuries by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in one-day international after Sachin Tendulkar's 8-hundreds and the joint second most centuries hit by any batsman against Sri Lanka in ODIs, jointly with Saeed Anwar.
- Virat Kohli became the second Indian batsman to scored seven centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar's 8-hundreds.
- Rohit Sharma became the fifth Indian batsman to scored five centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- Virat Kohli's 131 was his seventh highest score in one-day international and his third highest-score against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- 219 : Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli shared the sixth highest second-wicket partnership for India in one-day international and India's third highest second-wicket stand against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- This is the 30th instance of India's two batsmen were scores of centuries or more runs in their innings in one-day international and It is their tenth such instance against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- Sri Lanka's 207 was their third lowest score against India in the completed innings at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in One-day internationals.
- Lasith Malinga captained Sri Lanka for the first time in his 203rd match. He became the 21st player to captain for Sri Lanka in One-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored mammoth total of 375-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Virat Kohli blasted a 131 off 96-balls - which was his 29th ODI hundred and his 7th century against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma struck 104 off 88-balls - which was his 13th ODI hundred, his fourth century against Sri Lanka in ODIs and his second century in the series including - 11-fours and 3-sixes with strike rate of 118.18.
Manish Pandey scored a unbeaten 50 off 42-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 119.05, MS Dhoni cracked a unbeaten 49 off 42-balls included 5-fours & a six with strike-rate of 116.16 and Hardik Pandya 19.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Angelo Mathews took two-wickets, Akila Dananjay, Vishwa Fernando and Lasith Malinga each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka scored 207 for all-out in 42.4 overs with top scorer by Angelo Mathews struck 70 off 80-balls including 10 boundaries.
Milinda Siriwardana scored 39 off 43-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes, Wanindu Hasaranga 22 and Lahiru Thirimanne 18.
India best bowler by Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya each took 2-wickets, Axar Patel takes 1-wicket and Debutant Shardul Thakur - who took one-wicket on his debut ODI match.
Virat Kohli named Player of the match for his quick-fire 131-runs knocked off facing 96-balls including 17-fours and 2-sixes with strike rate of 136.45.
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