India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Highlights: Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar guide IND to 5-0 whitewash
Team India and Sri Lanka are playing in the fifth and final ODI of the five-match one-dayer R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Batting first, the Sri Lankan team gave Team India the target of 239 for a clean sweep in the ODI series. In reply to the target, Team India lost two wickets in 16 overs and scored 79 runs. Virat Kohli (32) and Manish Pandey (20) are on the crease.
Sri Lanka climbed to 238 runs
Batting first, winning the toss, the Sri Lankan team got stumped 238 runs in 49.4 overs and with this team India got a target of 239 for a clean sweep in the ODI series. Lahiru Thirimanne scored 67 while Angelo Mathews scored 55 runs for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, captain Upul Tharanga scored 48 runs. Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Matthews shared a partnership of 122 runs for the fourth wicket. On behalf of Team India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 5 wickets while bowling superb. The special thing is that it is Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s career best bowling performance in ODI cricket.
Sri Lankan wickets
Sri Lanka took the first blow in the third over of the innings as Nirosho Dikvella. Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned the pavilion by scoring his own ball in 2.6 overs. Dikewola scored two runs out. Dilshan Munaweera was the second blow to Sri Lanka when he got Bhuvneshwar Kumar caught by Virat Kohli catch on the ball. Dilshan scored 4 runs.
The pressure of the falling wicket on one end was due to the pressure on the Upul Tharanga, which was batting fast. Uthul Taranga was caught out in the 9th over by Dhoni for caught behind by Bumrah. Ripple missed only two runs from his half-century. They were 48 runs out.
Sri Lankan fourth wicket dropped as Lahiru Thirimane, when Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled him on the swinger ball in 38.5 overs. Thirimanne scored 67 runs.
Kuldeep Yadav scored a fifth blow to Sri Lanka, caught by Angelo Mathews in his 41.1 overs, Angelo Mathews was caught by Dhoni. Matthews finished with 55 runs. The sixth wicket was of Vanidu Haasranga, who was dismissed by 9 runs in 42.6 overs. They were dismissed by Yuswendra. Seventh wicket came when Chawl got his wicket off MS Dhoni, stuck up Akila Dhananjay and completed his 100th stumps in ODIs.
Bumrah has given the eighth blow to Sri Lanka. When he made Milinda Pushpakumara bold in 46.5 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave Sri Lanka a ninth blow when he caught Milinda Sirivardhana at Thakur’s hands. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bolw Lasith Malinga and end Sri Lanka’s innings as well as 5 wickets in the match.
