Dambulla(August 21, 2017): India continue with their dominating run as they beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the first ODI of the five-match series.
Chasing a modest 217-run target, the hosts made easy work and gunned down the total in the 29th over. Shikhar Dhawan, the visitors’ leading run-getter in the Tests, smashed an unbeaten 132 while Virat Kohli scored a fluent 82.
Sri Lanka struggled to pick a wicket and the only success they had came in the fifth over when Rohit Sharma was run-out for four in the fifth over. No hosts’ bowlers made an impression and the fielding too was below-par.
Dhawan was dropped twice during his aggressive knock. First by Niroshan Dickwella when the left-hander was on 87 and later on 118 when Upul Tharanga made a mess of a running catch. With the thumping win, India take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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