IND vs SL 1st ODI Highlights: Despite Shanaka's perseverance, India win big

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Highlights: Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka fought a lost battle with nerve-wracking perseverance. But it was never going to be enough as India won the match by 67 runs

9:55 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Virat Kohli player of the match

9:55 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: That’s how it finished in Guwahati

9:42 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Match Summary

 

Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka played yet another brilliant inning and once again justified why IPL franchises were wrong in not picking him in this year's auction, despite the fact that Sri Lanka lost the game by a huge margin of 67 runs to go 0-1 down in the three-match series. 

 

Other than Shanaka, Pathum Nissanka did well to get to 72 and so did Dhananjaya de Silva (47). But the two wasted their starts, getting out one delivery that shouldn't have had their wickets. For India, Umran Malik picked three wickets while Mohd Siraj got two. 

 

Earlier in the day, after being asked to bat first, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made the best of the chances that they got through the Decision Review System and dropped catches respectively. While Rohit scored 83, Kohli notched up his 45th ton, scoring 113 off 87 balls. Shubman Gill also got 70 to help India post an imposing total of 373/7. For Sri Lanka, Kasun Rajitha picked 3-88. 

 

9:23 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Brilliant hundred for Dasun Shanaka

 

Dasun Shanaka has been absolutely brilliant here as he gets to his century with a four and then hits a six off the last ball to finish the Sri Lankan innings at 306/8, losing the match by 67 runs, but boosting his own confidence immensely. 

 

Sri Lanka 306-8 after 50 overs

 

9:20 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Drama in the middle as Shami almost Mankads Shanaka

 

Mohd Shami tried to Mankad Shanaka and he did Mankad him but withdrew the appeal on Rohit Sharma’s advice. An overthrow is taken and Shanaka now need two more to get to a 100

 

9:19 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Shanaka needs two more for his century

 

Shanaka has hit the first ball down the ground and ran two runs. The partnership moves to 84 off 69 balls. There is a shout of LBW but it remains not out even after a review. 4 balls and Shanaka needs 3 and he has gone off strike, still, two runs are needed for his century and only two wickets remaining 

 

Sri Lanka 291-8 after 49.3 overs

 

9:14 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Shanaka eyeing second ODI hundred

 

If Dasun Shanaka manages to get the remaining 12 runs required to get to the three figures, it will be only his second hundred in the international career and 13th of his overall professional career. And just as we talk about it, he has hit the biggest six of the night which has travelled to the second tier and gone as far as 94 metres in distance 

 

Sri Lanka 288-8 after 48.3 overs

 

9:06 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: It's about Shanaka’s hundred now

 

It's all about whether Dasun Shanaka could reach his century or not now. The target is already past reach. Shanaka currently bats at 79 off  75 balls and has three overs in his hands to reach the hundred. 

 

Sri Lanka 272-8 after 47 overs

 

8:59 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Kohli drops Shanaka

 

Virat Kohli has dropped Dasun Shanaka, returning a favour perhaps as the latter had dropped him in the first innings as well.  

 

Sri Lanka 262-8 after 45 overs

 

8:57 PM

IND vs SL Live Score, 1st ODI: Shanaka showing mirror to his colleagues

 

Dasun Shanaka is showing here that if batted carefully, this was really not that hard a wicket to get 8 down for 200 so early in the chase. Now, the chase is out of hands without any doubt, but runs are still flowing from the Lankan skipper’s bat 

 

Sri Lanka 257-8 after 44 overs