Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
    R
    B
    4s
    6s
    SR
    34.4 has he feathered this? Yes he has. Two in two. Looks to arch back and glide this short ball over the keeper's head but the lack of pace has done him in. Just ends up being a straightforward catch to the keeper. Rohit started walking immediately. Double-strike for Sri Lanka courtesy a man with wonky knees. 262/4
    1.3 looks to flay this through the line over point but can only slice this to deep third man. Pushpakumara, the debutant, takes an excellent catch on the move. The ball was flying. The bat face opened as ball met bat, the late movement did the trick for the bowler. 6/1
    29.3 gone! Malinga has his 300th wicket! Not the greatest delivery he's ever bowled, but he won't mind - he's found a way to break this partnership. A full, wide ball, and Kohli drives in the air, straight to the sweeper on the cover point boundary 225/2
    34.3 this time, he's picked out the man at deep midwicket. Walked across the stumps to fetch the pull, this was a slower delivery so he had to force the pace. Hit it well but found the fielder. Pandya has a look of disbelief, as if to say 'how did I find the fielder.' His father is a picture of disappointment in the stands. The Dananjaya drop doesn't prove costly, after all 262/3
    37.4 chipped straight to midwicket. The freefall continues. Rahul's third failure in the series, out to Dananjaya again. This was the wrong'un that didn't spin as much, Rahul picked it and looked to hit it with the spin but he was trying to do so from outside off, only managed to hit it straight to the fielder. 274/5
    not out
    50
    42
    4
    0
    119.04
    not out
    49
    42
    5
    1
    116.66
    Extras
    11 (lb 5, w 6)
    TOTAL
    375/5 (50 Overs, RR: 7.5)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Shikhar Dhawan, 1.3 ov), 2-225 (Virat Kohli, 29.3 ov), 3-262 (Hardik Pandya, 34.3 ov), 4-262 (Rohit Sharma, 34.4 ov), 5-274 (KL Rahul, 37.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SL Malinga1008218.20178160
    MVT Fernando817619.501410100
    AD Mathews622424.00252100
    PM Pushpakumara906507.22165200
    A Dananjaya1006816.80236200
    PW Hasaranga201909.5023000
    TAM Siriwardana503607.20105000
  • BATSMEN
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    2.4 first ODI wicket for Shardul. Not the kind of delivery he would've liked to get it, but he's off the mark nonetheless. Skiddy length ball on leg stump and going further down, Dickwella looks to tickle this fine but the ball brushes his gloves on the way through to Dhoni. He's good with his reviews. Raveendra Wimalasiri was the umpire in question. 22/1
    7.6 angles in a short of length delivery on middle and leg, Munaweera is on the hop as he looks to tickle this fine and gets a faint glove on it through to Dhoni. So another review that has gone in India's favour. Munaweera's inglorious debut is over. Looked to play a shot at every delivery, didn't connect half of those. 37/3
    5.2 KL Rahul with a direct hit at the bowler's end from point. Kusal Mendis had given up. Terrible, terrible mix-up. This was bunted to point, Kusal was halfway down the pitch when he turned back. In all fairness, Munaweera was never really thinking of the run and said no immediately. Kusal has paid the price for his error in judgment. 26/2
    15.6 and he's gone next ball! Not a wicket-taking ball by any means, short and wide, but he slashes in the air, and only a few yards to the right of Dhawan at deep point 68/4
    37.2 reward finally, but not before he's been carted to all corners of the park. Axar does well too, tosses this up nicely, bows it much wider too, which meant Mathews had to reach out to slog this across the line, he tried to but ended up getting a toe-end of the bat as short third man gobbled up the top edge. Axar's reaction tells you he's had a bad day and not even the wicket of a quality batsman is some balm. 190/7
    28.2 he's been expensive today, but he's picked up a second wicket. Or has he? They're checking for no-ball, and it looks like he has juuuust enough heel behind the line. A good ball, on a good length, wide enough outside off to invite the drive away from the body, and then straightens just a wee bit to kiss the outside edge 141/5
    33.6 he's out by a distance. This was hit towards mid-on, Hasaranga was far too down looking for a non-existent single, turned just as Bumrah ran in quickly and fired the throw. Even then, the run-out wasn't a guarantee. But Axar did well to stop the rocket throw and deflect the ball onto the stumps. It wasn't even his call. 177/6
    not out
    11
    19
    1
    0
    57.89
    41.2 helped to third man. This was a short ball, not a very threatening one though. Milinda swayed inside the line of the delivery and simply directed this straight to Hardik Pandya. As easy as they come. The end is near. 196/8
    42.3 simple return catch. Kuldeep has deceived him in flight. Fernando looked for a big, booming drive but could only hit it back off a thick inside edge. 207/9
    42.4 got him with a big spinning delivery. Landed this just outside off, Malinga went for a big swipe, but could only connect with the humid evening air. Nowhere near the pitch of the ball and lost his middle stump. The plug has been pulled finally. This is Sri Lanka's biggest defeat at home in terms of runs. 207/10
    Extras
    13 (lb 1, w 12)
    TOTAL
    207 all out (42.4 Overs, RR: 4.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Niroshan Dickwella, 2.4 ov), 2-26 (Kusal Mendis, 5.2 ov), 3-37 (Dilshan Munaweera, 7.6 ov), 4-68 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 15.6 ov), 5-141 (Milinda Siriwardana, 28.2 ov), 6-177 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 33.6 ov), 7-190 (Angelo Mathews, 37.2 ov), 8-196 (Malinda Pushpakumara, 41.2 ov), 9-207 (Vishwa Fernando, 42.3 ov), 10-207 (Lasith Malinga, 42.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SN Thakur702613.71283020
    JJ Bumrah703224.57294010
    HH Pandya805026.25264240
    V Kohli201206.0062000
    Kuldeep Yadav8.413123.57332100
    AR Patel1005515.50337110

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 5-match series 4-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14:30 start, First Session 14:30-18:00, Interval 18:00-18:45, Second Session 18:45-22:15

Match days

31 August 2017 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

SL v IND 2017 News

Mr. Unbeaten

73

No. of times MS Dhoni has remained not out in ODIs - the most by any player. He went past Pollock and Vaas who had 72 not outs.

Not big this time

104

Rohit's score in this game - his lowest 100+ score to get out. His last 10 ODI 100s were all of 120+ runs.

Malinga's feat

300

Wickets for Malinga in ODIs. He's the 11th bowler and 8th pacer to do so.

Another ton

29

No. of centuries for Kohli in ODIs - the third-most after Tendulkar (49) and Ponting (30). Kohli has took only 185 innings to score that many compared to Tendulkar's 265 and Ponting's 330.

Big stands

8

No. of 150+ partnerships between Kohli and Rohit - the second-most by any pair in the history of ODIs. Only Tendulkar-Ganguly (12) have added more.

Kohli's bogey team

44

No. of inns taken by Kohli to complete 2000 runs v SL - the joint second-quickest. Tendulkar achieved it in 40 inns v Aus and Viv also took 44 inns to do so against Aus.

Quick fifty

11

Over in which Kohli completed his fifty, which is his quickest in terms of team overs. Previous quickest was 16th over v Pak, Dhaka, 2012 (he finished with 183)

Not chasing today

2

No. of times Kohli has chosen to bat first after winning the toss in 16 attempts, including today. The first was also v SL, at Eden Gardens, in 2014 where Rohit blasted 264.

MSD's milestone

300

No. of ODIs for MS Dhoni. He has become the sixth player from India and 20th overall to appear in 300 or more ODIs. Dhoni has played 297 ODIs for India and 3 for Asia XI.