India vs Sri Lanka: Fourth successive win in the series for Team India
Sri Lanka were humiliated once again as Team India openers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma struck magnificient centuries to take the side to a mammoth score of 375 runs. Sri Lanka could only manage a meagre 207 runs as they could not form even a single significant partnership.
India inflicted more misery on Sri Lanka as they defeated the hosts by a huge margin of 168 runs in the fourth ODI at Colombo. Chasing a mammoth target of 376 runs, Sri Lanka made a poor start and had lost three wickets for a meagre 37 runs. Senior batsman, Angelo Mathews tried his best to bring the side back in to match but was eventually dismissed by Axar Patel after he managed to score 70 runs. Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav picked up 2 wickets each while debutant Shardul picked up one wicket, dismissing opener Dickwella.
#TeamIndia extend their lead to 4-0 against Sri Lanka in the 5-match ODI series #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/d3VdCoEiDr
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 31, 2017
Earlier, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hammered the Sri Lanka bowlers all over the park. While Kohli smashed 131 runs off 96 balls, Sharma scored 104 runs off 88 balls. During his innings, Virat Kohli also scored his fastest half century ever, while Rohit Sharma continued his dream run scoring his second consecutive century. Sharma also became the first Indian to score back to back centuries against Sri Lanka.
MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey also made vital contributions in the end as India set up a massive 375 runs on the board and it proved to be too uch for the Si Lanka batsman in the end. In his 300th ODI, MS Dhoni remained not out on 49 runs as he achieved the world record of most not outs(73) in One Day International cricket.