Sports Report
GUWAHATI: With the help of a stunning century from Virat Kohli, India on Tuesday defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first One Day International (ODI) and is now leading the series 1-0.
In response to India’s massive target of 373 given, the Sri Lankan team could reach 308 runs after losing eight wickets in 50 overs.
India’s star batter Virat Kohli completed his 73rd international century and 45th ODI century. The player is close to Sachin Tendulkar’s maximum hundreds in the ODI record. Kohli smashed the Sri Lankan bowlers and scored 113 runs off 87 balls.
Skipper Rohit Sharma also gave an excellent start to the team as he played a fantastic knock of 83 runs off 67 balls. He was fully supported by the young opener Shubhman Gill, who scored 70 runs off 60 balls. The opening partnership of the Indian side was of huge 143 runs.
India’s bowling attack restricts Sri Lankan batters
The Sri Lankan team fought bravely against the high score, and the Skipper Dasun Shanaka remained unbeaten at 108. At the same time, opener Pathum Nissanka also played a beautiful knock of 72 runs, but the team’s overall performance was not enough to win the big game.
The excellent Indian bowling took two early wickets, and the Sri Lankans were 23 for two. The next wicket also came soon at 64.
Umran Malik took three tickets with the help of his lightning-speed deliveries, which knocked off many big-ticket Sri Lankan players.
Final Scores: India 373/7
Batting- Rohit Sharma 83, Shubman Gill 70, Virat Kohli 113, Shreyas Iyer 28, KL Rahul 39, Hardik Pandya 14, Axar Patel 9, Mohammed Shami 4, Mohammed Siraj 7.
