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Pallekele: A five-wicket haul by Jusprit Bumrah, followed by a fantastic century (124 off 145 balls) from Rohit Sharma and a half century (67 off 86 balls) from Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five match series at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Indian skipper Virat Kohli said: \u201cSmall targets are always tricky. If it happens 2-3 times, it isn’t an issue. We’ve chased small targets convincingly before. Here it was the case of the wicket being a little challenging. A couple of those wickets, you wouldn’t get those wickets 8 out of 10 times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Praising Rohit Sharma for his astounding ton, Kohli said that he was outstanding. \u201cRohit was outstanding. MS was great as well. These things happen, the [young] guys will learn in the middle order, we have to be patient with them. Bumrah’s got 11 wickets in three games, he’s bowled really well. He’s among our top short-format bowlers at the moment. He hits the right areas, bowls at pace, and in the death overs he’s like a fish in water. We have a squad of 15, we’ll look to give some guys a go, see how their game stands up in different situations. We’ve won three, and we can definitely afford to give them a few opportunities,\u201d added Kohli.<\/p>\n
Sri Lankan captain Chamara Kapugedera said: \u201cI thought it was a good wicket, so put some score on the board and hopefully we can defend, and like the last game we hoped it would grip a bit in the evening. Things didn’t go to our plans. We discussed about not playing dot balls in the middle overs, but things didn’t work out. 260-275 would have been a challenging score. I enjoyed captaincy – it was pressure, but I enjoyed it, and hopefully we can win next time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jasprit Bumrah, who was the Player of the Match said, “It’s always good when you get a break. You can work on your strengths and refresh when you come back. This was a different wicket. Last match it was a bit slow, but this time there was a bit of seam movement with the new ball. It’s a good feeling whenever you’re able to contribute to the team’s success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pallekele: A five-wicket haul by Jusprit Bumrah, followed by a fantastic century (124 off 145 balls) from Rohit Sharma and a half century (67 off 86 balls) from Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five match series at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Indian skipper Virat Kohli said: \u201cSmall targets are always tricky. If it happens 2-3 times, it isn’t an issue. We’ve chased small targets convincingly before. Here it was the case of the wicket being a little challenging. A couple of those wickets, you wouldn’t get those wickets 8 out of 10 times.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3513,5886,6480,466,22620,622,724],"class_list":["post-35411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-india-vs-sri-lanka","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-jusprit-bumrah","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-rohit-sharma"],"yoast_head":"\n