Apart from the toss, there wasn’t much difference in how events played out in the fourth One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday. After India chose to bat first, centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli followed by a late surge from Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni (playing his 300th ODI), took them to a mammoth 375/5.
Sri Lanka’s response was predictably abject, collapsing to 37/3 and never really going anywhere to be bowled out for 207, losing by a massive 168-runs.
A bored Twitter couldn’t help but pass a few snarky comments on Sri Lanka’s performance.
But there was much more focus on MS Dhoni who was creating a landmark by becoming the sixth Indian player to play 300 ODIs. And he celebrated it by scoring an unbeaten 49 along with three catches and a perfect Decision Review System review.
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