Nothing is going perfectly for the Lankans. A whitewash in test and three back to back ODI loss against India after Zimbabwe upset must have been too much for the neighbors. Who knew the fourth ODI would bring more blows?
The biggest defeat in ODI’s for Sri Lanka came in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s chances of direct qualification into 2019 World Cup keeps getting grim with each passing game. India, on the other hand, had a cheese cake win by 168 runs.
#TeamIndia extend their lead to 4-0 against Sri Lanka in the 5-match ODI series #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/d3VdCoEiDr
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 31, 2017
Rohit and Virat gave a clinical performance as their 200 run partnership made India go par the highest ODI run scorer. Virat got his 29th century and Rohit became only Indian player to hit successive 100s in ODIs. What could have been better?
Yes, MS Dhoni playing his 300th ODI yet made another 49* and was consistent, just missing his 100th ODI 50 by one run. On another hand, Pandey scored a 50 too and played clinical innings.
Bowlers did well to bowl out the Lankans by Bumrah and Yadav roping in 2 wickets each.
Let’s have a look at the twitter reactions:
India produce another convincing performance with both bat and ball to win the 4th #SLvInd ODI by 168 runs.https://t.co/TFWPFMc8TR pic.twitter.com/mK78t8UdL6
— ICC (@ICC) August 31, 2017
Golden duck on captaincy debut:
Harilal Shah
Bob Willis
Richard Staple
Kevin O'Brien
Lasith Malinga*#SLvIND— Broken Cricket18 🇮🇳 (@BrokenCricket18) August 31, 2017
4th ODI: #SLvIND
India beat Sri Lanka by 168 runs and lead the series 4-0 pic.twitter.com/mlbrdM1OqH— Dhaval Maraskolhe (@Dhaval750) August 31, 2017
And we have one more #SLvIND series coming up later this year. God bless us all.
— Sindhu Pillai (@TheLazygurl) August 31, 2017
Heaviest home defeat for SL (by runs):
168 v Ind, RPS, 2017 *
147 v Ind, RPS, 2009
146 v Pak, RPS, 2009
135 v Pak, RPS, 2015#SLvIND— Broken Cricket18 🇮🇳 (@BrokenCricket18) August 31, 2017
Another day, another defeat for Sri Lanka – this time by 168 runs at the Premadasa.
India lead #SLvIND 4-0 https://t.co/3DW45XvoIH pic.twitter.com/uoRwol982a
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 31, 2017
