India Decimate Sri Lanka by 317 Runs , a World Record as the Largest Margin of victory by runs in an One Day International to Sweep the Series 3 – 0
Sri Lanka Tour of India 2023 – 03rd One Day International Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala, India
India electing to bat, 390 / 5 – ( 50 Overs ) Virat Kohli 166no ( 8×6, 13×4, 110 balls – 10th ODI century against Sri Lanka, the most by one batter against one team ), Shubman Gill 116 ( 2×6, 14×4, 97 balls ), Skipper Rohit Sharma 42, Shreyas Iyer 38, Extras 15 – Rohit Sharma / Shubman Gill involved in a 95 run opening stand, Shubman Gill / Virat Kohli added 131 runs for the 02nd wicket, Virat Kohli / Shreyas Iyer put on 108 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 36 runs – first 10 overs : 75 / 0, 25 overs : 158 / 1, 40 overs : 274 / 2, last 10 overs : 116 / 3 – Kasun Rajitha 2 / 81, Lahiru Kumara 2 / 87, Avishka Fernando 02 catches. Jeffrey Vandersay & Ashen Bandara collided with each other near the boundary trying to stop the ball reaching the rope. Dunith Wellalage replaced Jeffrey Vandersay as the concussion replacement.
Sri Lanka in reply, 73 all out – ( 22 Overs ) Nuwanidu Fernando 19, Kasun Rajitha 13no, Skipper Dasun Shanaka 11, Extras 10 – Kasun Rajitha / Lahiru Kumara added 22 runs for the 09th wicket, Ashen Bandara was absent hurt – first 10 overs : 39 / 5, last 12 overs : 34 / 4 – Mohammed Siraj 4 / 32 – career best – Kuldeep Yadav 2/16, Mohammed Shami 2/20.
Player of the Match : Virat Kohli – India
Player of the Series : Virat Kohli – India
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