King Kohli’s Big Century, Disciplined Bowling Helps India 3-0 Series Win at India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI
India beat Sri Lanka by 317 runs at India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI to clean sweep the series by 3-0 in the Sri Lanka Tour of India ODI Series. Indian Top Order helped their team to score a massive score of 390 runs. First, it was Shubmann Gill scoring his first home century, his second in total. Then it was Virat Kohli who hammered the Sri Lankan Bowling with a big century helping India to amass 390 runs in the 50 overs.
Indian bowlers Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav wrecked the Sri Lanka Top Order to give their Team 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗗𝗜𝘀 in India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI.
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Match Summary
India: 390/5
Rohit Sharma 42 (49) Shubman Gill 116 (97) Virat Kohli 166 (110) Shreyas Iyyer 38 (32)
Kasun Rajitha 2/81 Lahiru Kumara 2/87
Sri Lanka: 73 in 22 overs Ashen Bandara Absent Hurt
Nuwanidu Fernando 19
Mohammed Siraj 4/32 Mohammed Shami 2/20 Kuldeep Yadav 2/16
India Won the Match by 317 Runs
India Won the Series by 3-0
Player of the Match: Virat Kohli
Player of the Series: Virat Kohli 283 runs in 3 matches with 2 centuries
India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series Summary
| Match | Venue | Date and Time | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st ODI (D/N) | Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati | 10 JAN 2023, 1:30 PM IST | India won by 67 runs |
| 2nd ODI (D/N) | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 12 JAN 2023, 1:30 PM IST | India won by 4 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) |
| 3rd ODI (D/N) | Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram | 15 JAN 2023,1:30 PM IST | India won by 317 runs |
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI India Batting
King Kohli has scored his 46th century to move closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s highest centuries record. Virat has scored his 46th century, in 259 innings just 3 short of Sachin’s 49. Virat Scored 166 runs not out fabulous innings with 8 sixes, and 13 fours in just 110 balls.
This is Kohli’s 74th hundred in international cricket. He has made his century with 10 fours and 1 six. Virat now holds the record for most centuries at home with his 21st century at India.
Rohit and Shubman Gill have added 95 runs. India started their innings cautiously, as the Sri Lanka Bowlers bowled in a nice rhythm. From the 4th over onwards Rohit and Gill started their stroke play. It was Rohit who was aggressive and smashed 2 fours and 3 sixes before he was out for 43.
Then joined King Kohli in the middle together with Gill has built a partnership of 131 runs in 110 balls. Shubman Gill has scored his first-ever home century in ODI, 2nd in total. His classic innings come to an end when he was bowled by Rajitha, as India was then at 226/2.
Virat Kohli carried on his Innings as he built another century partnership with Shreyas Iyyer who well supported Kohli with 38 runs in 32 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.
After completing his 46th century, Virat Kohli was rampant and made another 66 runs in no time.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma © | c WIA Fernando b Karunaratne | 42 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 85.71 |
| Shubman Gill | b Rajitha | 116 | 97 | 14 | 2 | 119.58 |
| Virat Kohli | not out | 166 | 110 | 13 | 8 | 150.9 |
| Shreyas Iyer | c sub (DM de Silva) b Kumara | 38 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 118.75 |
| KL Rahul | c sub (DN Wellalage) b Kumara | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | c WIA Fernando b Rajitha | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Axar Patel | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (lb 10, w 5) | 15 | ||||
| TOTAL | 50 Ov (RR: 7.80) | 390/5 |
Did not bat: Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Rohit Sharma, 15.2 ov), 2-226 (Shubman Gill, 33.4 ov), 3-334 (Shreyas Iyer, 45.3 ov), 4-364 (KL Rahul, 47.5 ov), 5-370 (Suryakumar Yadav, 48.4 ov)
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Sri Lanka Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W |
| Kasun Rajitha | 10 | 1 | 81 | 2 |
| Lahiru Kumara | 10 | 1 | 87 | 2 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 7 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 8 | 0 | 58 | 1 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Sri Lanka Batting
Chasing India’s huge total of 390, Sri Lanka started shakily. Sri Lanka opener Avishka Fernando was out for 1 in the second over, in the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. He was caught at slips by Shubman Gill, in the Second over. The first wicket fell, with 7 runs on the board.
Kushal Mendis was edged to the wicketkeeper of the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. Charith Asalanka was out for 1 of the bowling of Mohammad Shami caught at Point.
Nuwanidu Fernando has played a few good shots but was out of the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. Got an inside edge, and was bowled for 19 runs. The magic of Mohammed Siraj continued as he removed Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva with a lovely in swinger hitting the off and middle stump. Wanindu has made 1 run.
Sri Lanka was unable to build partnerships, lost quick wickets, and was 39/5 in 10 overs. Chamika Karunaratne was run out by Mohammed Siraj, forcing Sri Lanka to 39/6. Sri Lanka Skipper Dasun Shanaka was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav with a lovely delivery, making Sri Lanka totter 50/7.
Ultimately Sri Lanka was bundled out for 73 runs in 22 overs. It was a disciplined, fine bowling performance by Siraj, Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav that forced Sri Lanka to have a massive defeat at the hands of India.
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avishka Fernando | c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | b Mohammed Siraj | 19 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 70.37 |
| Kusal Mendis | c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Charith Asalanka | c Patel b Mohammed Shami | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Dasun Shanaka (c) | b Kuldeep Yadav | 11 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 42.3 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva | b Mohammed Siraj | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | run out (Mohammed Siraj) | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Dunith Wellalage | c Yadav b Mohammed Shami | 3 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 |
| Kasun Rajitha | not out | 13 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 68.42 |
| Lahiru Kumara | b Kuldeep Yadav | 9 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 47.36 |
| Ashen Bandara | absent hurt | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 7) | 10 | |||||
| TOTAL | 22 Ov (RR: 3.31) | 73 |
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Avishka Fernando, 1.5 ov), 2-22 (Kusal Mendis, 3.6 ov), 3-31 (Charith Asalanka, 6.3 ov), 4-35 (Nuwanidu Fernando, 7.3 ov), 5-37 (Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, 9.3 ov), 6-39 (Chamika Karunaratne, 11.4 ov), 7-50 (Dasun Shanaka, 14.6 ov), 8-51 (Dunith Wellalage, 15.4 ov), 9-73 (Lahiru Kumara, 21.6 ov)
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI India Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W |
| Mohammed Shami | 6 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 10 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Take a bow, Virat Kohli 🫡
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