This Day That Year: Indian team register complete whitewash on Sri Lankan tour

-

 

The Indian Cricket Team created history as defeated the hosts Sri Lanka in a one-off T20I match played at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 6th September 2017.

Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field first. Upul Tharanga and Dickwella provided a flying start for Sri Lanka before Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the breakthrough dismissing Tharanga. Munaweera looked in great touch putting the Indian bowlers under pressure.

As wickets fell from another end, Munaweera looked impressive with his stroke play and kept on ticking the scoreboard. He completed his half-century off 26 balls making sure that Sri Lanka reached a competitive total. The Indian bowlers made a strong comeback by picking wickets at regular intervals and reduced Sri Lanka to 134 for 7.

The debutant Priyanjan and Isuru Udana hit some big blows at the end to help Sri Lanka post 170 for 7 at the end of 20 overs. Both added unbeaten 36 runs for the 7th wicket.

Chasing 171 runs to win, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave the team a flying start before Malinga got rid of Rohit. Rahul looked in great touch hitting boundaries with ease. Malinga dismissed Rahul to leave India in some trouble.

The Indian captain Virat Kohli came to the crease and played with intent. He showed his class keeping the scoreboard ticking taking singles and hitting boundaries. Kohli reached fifty off just 30 balls making the target look easy. After completing the milestone, the Indian captain kept the momentum along with Manish Pandey. He was finally dismissed for a superb 82 off 54 balls including 7 fours and 1 six.

Kohli and Manish Pandey added 119 runs for the 3rd wicket. Pandey completed his fifty off 36 balls and hit the winning runs. India won the match by 7 wickets with 4 balls to spare. For his captain's knock, Kohli was named the man of the match award.

It was an impressive tour for Virat Kohli led side as they whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Test series, 5-0 in the ODI series, and ended the tour with a resounding win in the one-off T20I.

For his superb knock of 82, Kohli was named the man of the match award. 

India vs Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli's 82, Manish Pandey's unbeaten half-century guide India to sweep Sri Lanka across formats - News Nation English

This Day That Year: Kohli 82 leads India to a big win in the one-off T20I 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WPL 2025 Match 1: Top 3 Performers Between RCB And GG

-
Image
  Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a historic win over Gujarat Giants in the opening match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Ash Gardner’s explosive knock, Beth Mooney’s half-century, Deandra Dottin’s quickfire knock helped Gujarat Giants post 201 for 5 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ellyse Perry looked impressive with a half-century. Richa Ghosh played a blinder of a knock along with Kanika Ahuja’s brilliance helping the defending Champions RCB chase down this target easily by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare. The pitch at Vadodara was a belter with top-quality performances from both sides in the opening match of the season. Here we look at the top 3 performers in the opening match of the WPL 2025 between RCB and Gujarat Giants. 1.        Ash Gardner Gujarat Giants’ newly appointed captain Ash Gardner led from the front with the bat and ball al...
Read more

Indonesia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Enter Quarters, Others Crash Out

-
Image
  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag entered the quarterfinals while other 3 Indians lost in the 2 nd round of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Jakarta on 5 th June 2025. Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past R Kjaer and Sogaard of Denmark in three games. The first game began with both pairs fighting for each point. Kjaer and Sogaard displayed great service skills. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to make a comeback. At the mid-game break, Danish pair led 11-10. After the break, Kjaer and Sogaard played brilliant badminton winning the first game by 21-16. The second game also began well for both pairs. Satwik/Chirag made a strong comeback whenever Kjaer and Sogaard look to take the game away. At the mid-game break, Danish pair again took a 11-10 lead. After the interval, Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores and then won it by 21-18 to force into the decider. It was a closely fought affair in the third game as both pairs fought for each point. At...
Read more

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more