London: After 38 years of long time in Champions Trophy Sri Lanka finally won an ODI against India in England. Sri Lanka had lost the previous five ODIs vs India in England between 1999 and 2013.
Sri Lanka have won an ODI against them in England after 38 years. Sri Lanka had lost the previous five ODIs vs India in England between 1999 and 2013.
Sri lanka set a challenging target of 322 runs, the Lankans rode on half-centuries from Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka to cross the line in 48.3 overs and register their first win the tournament.
The duo dominated the Indian bolwers to add 159 runs between them and lay the foundation of a successful run chase.
Mendis was the highest scorer among the Sri Lankans, producing a steady 89 runs off 93 balls before being run out thanks to an excellent piece of fielding by Indian pacer Buvneshwar Kumar off his own bowling. Earlier opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan’s 125 powered defending champions India to 321/6 in 50 overs.
Dhawan, who registered his 10th century in One-Day International (ODI) cricket, shared a partnership of 138 with fellow opener Rohit Sharma.
Dhawan also shared an 82-run stand with Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the fourth wicket as India posted a highly-challenging total.
Asked to bat, the Indian right-left combination of Rohit Sharma and Dhawan laid a solid foundation as they made the most of the shorter length maintained by the Sri Lankan pacers.
Dhawan and Rohit initially ensured that they get through the early overs without any damage and then paced their innings nicely once they got settled.
Captain Kohli disappointed the crowd when he edged behind a delivery from paceman Nuwan Pradeep in the fifth ball of the 16th over. Yuvraj dragged a ball from Asela Gunaratne on to his stumps, and India score read 179/3 in 33.3 overs.
Dhoni made his intention clear as he opened his account with a six over point off pacer Suranga Lakmal.
However Dhoni, continued to flay the Sri Lankan bowlers who erred in line and length, making it easy for him to showcase his brute power. Later, Kedar Jadhav scored a quickfire 25 not out from 13 deliveries to take India past 320.
