Today, India was facing Sri Lanka in the 33rd match of the World Cup 2023.
This match was being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It was a do or die contest for Sri Lanka. His path became very difficult.
Sri Lanka won the toss
Sri Lankan captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and decided to bowl first. He made one change in the playing-11. Spinner Dushan Hemanta was included in the team in place of Dhananjay de Silva. At the same time, Indian captain Rohit Sharma did not make any changes in the playing-11. That means Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar and Shami were seen playing. Like always, Rohit looked confident in the toss this time too. He said that if we had won the toss, we would have decided to bat first. Because of this the toss did not have much impact.
Rohit Sharma clean bowled
India suffered a big blow in the very first over. Dilshan Madushanka came to bowl the first over. On the very first ball, Rohit hit a four on the fine leg boundary. After this, Madushanka clean bowled Rohit Sharma on the very next ball. He could score four runs in two balls. This was the first time since the opening match against Australia that Rohit was dismissed cheaply. After one over, India’s score was eight runs for one wicket. Virat Kohli hit a four on the fine leg boundary in this over. Shubman Gill was at the crease with him.
Virat-Gill at the crease
India had scored 14 runs after losing one wicket after three overs. At present, Shubman Gill was at the crease without opening the account and Virat Kohli had scored nine runs. Rohit was out after scoring four runs. He was clean bowled by Dilshan Madushanka.
Kohli is batting aggressively
Shubman Gill’s catch was missed on the ball of Dilshan Madushanka in the fifth over. Charith Asalanka could not take the catch. Then Shubman was batting after scoring eight runs. After this, on the first ball of the sixth over, Dushmantha Chameera dropped Kohli’s catch on his own ball.
At that time Kohli could score 10 runs. After missing the catch in the same over, Kohli hit two fours. Then in the seventh over also Kohli hit two fours. After seven overs, India’s score was 42 runs losing one wicket. At present Kohli was at the crease after scoring 26 runs and Shubman after scoring 10 runs.
Virat-Shubman took over the innings
After the first wicket fell for four runs, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill took over the innings. Both of them had made a partnership of more than 60 runs. After 12 overs, India’s score was 72 runs for one wicket. At present Virat was at the crease after scoring 35 runs and Shubman after scoring 26 runs.
Virat Kohli’s half century
Virat Kohli scored a half-century in 50 balls. This was the 70th half-century of his ODI career. With this, both of them took India’s score beyond 100 runs. After 17 overs, India’s score was 106 runs for one wicket. Virat was at the crease after scoring 52 runs and Shubhman 40 runs. By now there was a partnership of 102 runs between the two.
Shubman Gill also scored a half century
After Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill also scored a half-century in 55 balls. This was the 11th half-century of his ODI career. By now there was a partnership of more than 110 runs between the two. After 19 overs, India’s score was 119 runs for one wicket. Virat was at the crease after scoring 53 runs and Shubhman Gill was at the crease after scoring 53 runs.
Shubman Gill out
Shubman Gill was out after scoring 92 runs in 92 balls. He hit 11 fours and two sixes in his innings. Madushanka got him caught by Kusal Mendis. Now Shreyas Iyer was at the crease with Virat.
Virat also missed a century
Virat Kohli is out after scoring 88 runs in 94 balls. He hit 11 fours in his innings. Dilshan Madushanka got him caught by Nissanka. Kohli missed his 49th ODI century. Now Lokesh Rahul was at the crease with Shreyas. India’s score after 32 overs was 199/3.
50+ run partnership between Rahul-Shreyas
India had scored 248 runs for three wickets after 38 overs. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were batting aggressively. Till now there was a partnership of 52 runs between the two in just 39 balls. Shreyas was batting on 32 runs in 25 balls and Rahul was batting on 19 runs in 16 balls. Earlier, Virat Kohli was out after scoring 88 runs and Shubman Gill was out after scoring 92 runs.