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Team India recently arrived in Sri Lanka for a limited-overs series, which will feature three ODIs and as many T20Is. The team led by Shikhar Dhawan has a number of new faces, with the main Team India squad in England for a long tour.
The series in Sri Lanka will provide some useful practice for the limited-overs specialists of Team India ahead of the T20 World Cup, which will now be held in the UAE in October-November this year.
Speaking ahead of Team India’s departure for Sri Lanka, Dhawan said there is positivity and confidence in the squad and that everybody is confident of doing well.
Team India and Sri Lanka have taken on each other in 159 matches, of which India have won 91 and Sri Lanka 56. One match ended in a tie, while 11 produced no results. In Sri Lanka, the contest has been much closer, with Team India winning 28 and Sri Lanka 27.
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Famous Team India knocks in Sri Lanka
As India gear up to face the island nation in a limited-overs series, we look at some impressive batting efforts by Team India players against the Lankans in Sri Lanka.
#5 Rohit Sharma (124 not out off 145 balls) - August 2017 in Pallekele
Team India opener Rohit Sharma smashed an unbeaten 124 off 145 balls as India chased down 218 in an ODI in Pallekele in August 2017. The visitors lost Shikhar Dhawan (5), Virat Kohli (3), KL Rahul (17) and Kedar Jadhav (0) cheaply in the chase and were in some trouble at 61 for 4. However, Rohit and MS Dhoni (67 not out) guided Team India home in the chase.
Rohit hit 16 fours and two sixes in his fluent knock. He was cautious to begin with, rotating the strike around and finding the odd boundary in between, as Team India kept losing wickets. Having got his eye in, he opened up and went past his half-century in the 19th over, with three consecutive fours off Dushmantha Chameera, two of them being pulled to the boundary.
As he approached three figures, the Team India opener lofted Akila Dananjaya for a six over wide long-on. He brought up his first century in Sri Lanka by dabbing Chameera for a single to third man. Rohit and Dhoni eased Team India to victory in the 46th over. Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah’s 5 for 27 restricted Sri Lanka to 217 for 9.
#4 Virat Kohli (131 off 96 balls) - August 2017 in Colombo
Virat Kohli led from the front for Team India, hammering 131 in only 96 deliveries as the visitors amassed a massive 375 for 5, batting first in an ODI in Colombo in August 2017. India lost Dhawan early after which Kohli and Rohit (104 off 88) featured in a massive second-wicket stand of 219.
Kohli blasted 17 fours and two sixes during his terrific knock. The Team India captain got into overdrive early in his knock, crashing Vishwa Fernando for three consecutive fours in the fourth over. He eased to his half-century in the 11th over, dabbing Lasith Malinga for a single.
The Indian captain then stepped out to Malinda Pushpakumara and hit him for a maximum over long-on. Kohli looked in no trouble at all as he brought up his hundred off 76 balls, whipping Milinda Siriwardana for a boundary over square leg.
Kohli helped himself to a few more boundaries before becoming Lasith Malinga’s 300th ODI victim, guiding a full and wide delivery to the sweeper on the cover point boundary. After Kohli’s dismissal, Manish Pandey (50 not not) and Dhoni (49 not out) ensured the momentum remained with Team India.
Chasing a huge target of 376, Sri Lanka folded up for 207 in 42.4 overs despite Angelo Mathews’ 70. Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets each for Team India.
# 3 Shikhar Dhawan (132 not out off 90) - August 2017 in Dambulla
Shikhar Dhawan scored a blazing ton as Team India clobbered Sri Lanka by nine wickets with 127 balls to spare in a one-dayer Dambulla in August 2017. India were set 218 to win the contest and Dhawan played a terrific knock to take the visitors home.
The southpaw smashed 20 fours and three sixes in his 90-ball 132 and featured in an unbroken second-wicket stand of 197 with skipper Kohli (82 not out off 70). Dhawan got into the groove by easing himself into two cover-driven boundaries off Lasith Malinga in the third over.
Even as Rohit was run out cheaply at the other end, Dhawan continued to attack. He raised his fifty in style, clubbing a long hop from Lakshan Sandakan for a maximum over the midwicket boundary. Dhawan was dropped in his 80s as Niroshan Dickwella could not hold on to an edge off a cut.
The prolific left-hander brought up his 11th ODI ton by hammering Wanindu Hasaranga for three fours in the 22nd over. Dhawan and Kohli took Team India past the victory line in the 29th over itself.
The bowlers did a great job earlier to restrict Sri Lanka. Axar Patel claimed three wickets while Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kedar Jadhav picked up two each as Team India rolled over the Lankans for 216.
#2 Gautam Gambhir (150 off 147 balls) - February 2009 in Colombo
Team India opener Gautam Gambhir hit a breezy 150 as the visitors posted an impressive 332 for 5 in an ODI played in Colombo in February 2009. India batted first after winning the toss in the game, after which Gambhir and Dhoni (94 off 96) were involved in a 188-run stand for the second wicket, as the latter promoted himself.
Gambhir struck 14 fours and one six during his wonderful knock. After Team India lost Virender Sehwag for 5, Gambhir and Dhoni lifted the side. Both rotated the strike well before Gambhir launched a slower ball from Angelo Mathews for a six over long-on to bring up his fifty in the 20th over.
Team India lost Dhoni six short of his hundred while Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan perished off consecutive deliveries. Gambhir, however, carried on and reached his sixth ODI hundred by lofting Nuwan Kulasekara for a four over extra cover. He hit a few more boundaries and was eventually dismissed for exactly 150, caught behind trying to nick Muttiah Muralitharan.
Sri Lanka got plenty of starts in the chase but no batsman could replicate Gambhir’s brilliance. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored for Sri Lanka with 56 as they were all-out for 265 in 48 overs. Irfan Pathan claimed three wickets for Team India while Praveen Kumar and Sehwag chipped in with two each.
#1 Sachin Tendulkar (138 off 133 balls) - September 2009, Compaq Cup Final in Colombo
Team India opener Sachin Tendulkar scored a measured hundred to lead India to victory in the Compaq Cup Final in Colombo in September 2009. India batted first after winning the toss and Tendulkar occupied the crease until the 46th over to put his side in command.
Tendulkar hit 10 fours and a six in his workmanlike 138 off 133 deliveries. He featured in an opening stand of 95 with Rahul Dravid and added 110 for the second wicket with Team India captain Dhoni (56).
In an era when T20 was beginning to gain popularity, Tendulkar stuck to the traditional values of rotating the strike and guided Team India towards a comprehensive total of 319 for 5.
The Master Blaster got into the groove by picking a couple of well-timed fours off Kulasekara in the seventh over. Two more boundaries followed in the next over by Thilan Thushara. Tendulkar eased his way to his 92nd fifty by slicing Malinga over covers for a couple.
Milking the Sri Lankan bowlers, he reached his century off 92 balls, cutting a carrom ball from Ajantha Mendis for a single to sweeper cover in the 33rd over of Team India’s innings. He smashed the same bowler for a six and two fours before being trapped lbw, going for a reverse sweep.
A brisk half-century from Yuvraj Singh (56 not out) saw Team India finish their innings on a high. Harbhajan Singh’s five-for then kept Sri Lanka to 273 despite Thilina Kandamby’s valiant 66. Tendulkar was named man of the match and series as India lifted the Compaq Cup.
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