IND versus SL | Twitter reacts as India records biggest win in ODI history with 317 runs

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got India off to a good start, the first going for 42 in 16th with the team on 95/1. thereupon, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill assembled a century stand as the latter recorded his second ODI century. He finished with 116 balls from 97 and it was only after he left that the talisman at the other end decided to break the chains. The Men in Blue batted 116 runs over the last 10 overs, 84 of which came from Kohli’s own bat. The 34-year-old 46th ODI ton was worth 166 runs from 112 balls and inked red, taking him just three hundred away Sachin Tendulkarthe ODI record of 49.

As for the ball, the hosts took little time to tear the islanders apart, showcasing new ball magic to bamboozle the islanders. Mohammed Siraj scalped four wickets in his first five overs, while Mohammad Chami contributed with a couple and Kuldeep Yadav opened his account to teeter the Lions at 51/8 after 14 overs. Thereupon, the game was all about Siraj as the whole team got on his back in a bid to help him register his first five-wicket shot. Shami decided to run for the last two balls of the 16th and throw slow deliveries outside while skipper Rohit Sharma awarded the next one to a part-timer. Shreyas Iyer keeping the same principle in mind. Eventually, Siraj threw an intense spell of 10 in a remarkable athletic feat but could only end with numbers of 10-1-32-4 as Kuldeep Yadav brought down the curtains with his second wicket.

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