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SRI LANKA 217/9 (50 OVERS)
- Dinesh Chandimal36 (71)
- Lahiru Thirimanne80 (105)
- Kedar Jadhav1/12 (3)
- Jasprit Bumrah5/27 (10)
INDIA 218/4 (45.1 OVERS)
- MS Dhoni*67 (86)
- Rohit Sharma*124 (145)
- Lasith Malinga1/25 (5)
- Akila Dananjaya2/38 (10)
Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
10.55pm: That's it, then. India have wrapped up yet another bilateral ODI series win, and this was a convincing win in the end, after a bit of a wobble in tricky batting conditions. Plenty to look forward to still, in the last two ODIs, with India likely to make a few changes and try and few things. We'll bring you the fourth ODI live from the Premadasa on Thursday. Until then, good night!
Virat Kohli: "Small targets are always tricky. If it happens 2-3 times, it isn't an issue. We've chased small targets convincingly before. Here it was the case of the wicket being a little challenging. A couple of those wickets, you wouldn't get those wickets 8 out of 10 times. Rohit was outstanding, MS was great as well. These things happen, the [young] guys will learn in the middle order, we have to be patient with them. Bumrah's got 11 wickets in three games, he's bowled really well, he's among our top short-format bowlers at the moment. He hits the right areas, bowls at pace, and in the death overs he's like a fish in water. We have a squad of 15, we'll look to give some guys a go, see how their game stands up in different situations. We've won three, and we can definitely afford to give them a few opportunities."
Chamara Kapugedera: "I thought it was a good wicket, so put some score on the board and hopefully we can defend, and like the last game we hoped it would grip a bit in the evening. Things didn't go to our plans. We discussed about not playing dot balls in the middle overs, but things didn't work out. 260-275 would have been a challenging score. I enjoyed captaincy - it was pressure, but I enjoyed it, and hopefully we can win next time."
Jasprit Bumrah is the Player of the Match. "It's always good when you get a break [he was rested for India's tour of the West Indies]. You can work on your strengths and refresh when you come back. This was a different wicket. Last match it was a bit slow, but this time there was a bit of seam movement with the new ball. It's a good feeling, whenever you're able to contribute to the team's success."
10.36pm For the second match running, Sri Lanka's bowlers threatened to defend a low total. Vishwa Fernando and Akila Dananjaya bowled particularly well, and at one stage India were 61 for 4. But they couldn't get past Rohit Sharma, who scored his first ODI hundred in Sri Lanka, and that man MS Dhoni. They added an unbroken 157 for the fifth wicket, and have sealed another bilateral ODI series win for India.
One run to get, Dhoni on strike. How many times has he scored the winning runs? Here's Vishwa Fernando.
END OF OVER:45 | 7 Runs | IND: 217/4 (1 run required from 30 balls, RR: 4.82, RRR: 0.20)
- MS Dhoni66 (85b)
- Rohit Sharma124 (145b)
- Dushmantha Chameera10-1-59-0
- Milinda Siriwardana9-0-43-0
Just four to get now.
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