Kohli ton leads India to series whitewash over Sri Lanka
(Reuters) - Skipper Virat Kohli scored his 30th oneday international century to lead India to victory in the fifth and final one-day match yesterday as the visitors won by six wickets to complete a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Sri Lanka elected to bat
Sri Lanka Innings
Niroshan Dickwella c&b B. Kumar 2 Upul Tharanga c Dhoni b Bumrah 48 Dilshan Munaweera c Kohli b B. Kumar 4 Lahiru Thirimanne b B. Kumar 67 Angelo Mathews c Dhoni b K. Yadav 55 M Siriwardana c Thakur b B. Kumar 18 W Hasaranga run out (Dhoni, Chahal) 9 Akila Dananjaya st Dhoni b Chahal 4 Malinda Pushpakumara b Bumrah 8 Vishwa Fernando not out 7 Lasith Malinga c sub b B. Kumar 2
(b-4 lb-3 nb-1 w-6) 14
Extras Total (all out, 49.4 overs) Fall of wickets:
1-14 N. Dickwella,2-40 D. Munaweera, 3-63 U. Tharanga, 4-185 L. Thirimanne, 5-194 A. Mathews, 6-205 W. Hasaranga, 7-212 A. Dananjaya, 8-228 M. Pushpakumara, 9-228 M. Siriwardana,10238 L. Malinga
B. Kumar 9.4-0-42-5 S. Thakur 60-48-0(w-2) J. Bumrah 10-0-45-2(nb-1 w-3) K. Yadav 10-0-40-1 K. Jadhav 4-0-20-0(w1)
Bowling:
and were going steady at 185-4, with Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne notching up half-centuries, but they collapsed in the final 11 overs as they lost six wickets for 53 runs.
Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who
238
Ro. Sharma c Pushpakumara b V. Fernando 16 A. Rahane c Munaweera b Malinga 5 V. Kohli not out 110 M. Pandey c Tharanga b Pushpakumara 36 K. Jadhav c Dickwella b Hasaranga 63 M. Dhoni not out 1
(lb-4 nb-1 w-3) 8
Extras Total (for 4 wickets, 46.3 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-17 A. Rahane, 2-29 Ro. Sharma, 3-128 M. Pandey, 4-237 K. Jadhav
B. Kumar, K. Yadav, J. Bumrah, Y. Chahal, S. Thakur
Lasith Malinga 8-1-35-1(w-1) Vishwa Fernando 7-0-40-1(nb-1 w-1) Akila Dananjaya 10-0-49-0 Angelo Mathews 3-014-0 Malinda Pushpakumara 10-0-40-1 Milinda Siriwardana 4-0-28-0(w-1) Wanidu Hasaranga 4.3-0-29-1
India won by 6 wickets
Did not bat: Bowling: Result:
was named man of the match, marked his maiden ODI five-wicket haul as powerful performances from him and spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah limited the hosts to 238 all out.
India’s opening batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit
239
Sharma fell early to leave India at 29-2 but impressive play from Kohli, who scored 110 off 116 balls, and Kedar Jadhav, who scored 63 off 73 balls, led them to victory.
Kohli’s second consecutive century of the series moved him level with former Australian captain Ricky Ponting for the most ODI centuries. The duo are joint second with 30 centuries each while Indian ace Sachin Tendulkar holds the record with 49.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper to collect 100 ODI stumpings, surpassing Sri Lanka’s retired captain Kumar Sangakkara. India whitewashed the hosts 3-0 in the preceding test series, prompting the entire selection panel to resign.
Sri Lanka’s 2019 World Cup participation is now uncertain as they failed to get the number of victories required for automatic qualification.
The two teams will play a Twenty20 international on Wednesday at the same venue.