Pacer Mohammed Siraj rued lacking an opportunity to get his maiden five-wicket haul in opposition to Sri Lanka as India registered the most important win by runs in ODIs on the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Siraj expressed that he tried actually exhausting to get to his first fifer within the 50-over format however may solely handle 4 wickets within the match. “I wanted to try and get my first fifer. Tried very hard, but you get only as much as you deserve,” stated the pacer.

Siraj revealed his recreation plan and acknowledged he makes use of his outswing deliveries to plant a seed of doubt within the minds of the batsmen.

“The outswing was coming out nicely, but the wicket-taking over was the scrambled seam. I just try to generate some doubt in the batter’s mind with those outswing deliveries. Captain tried hard to get me that fifer, but what can we do,” shared the 28-year-old.

A harmful powerplay spell from Mohammed Siraj continued Sri Lanka’s downfall for the third straight ODI, serving to the hosts clinch a large 317-run win within the closing ODI on Sunday.

Virat Kohli received the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his match-winning ton and likewise the ‘Man of the Series’ for scoring 283 runs within the sequence, which included two centuries.

With this win, India has clinched the sequence 3-0. They have additionally recorded the most important win when it comes to runs within the historical past of ODI cricket and are the primary crew ever to register a win by a margin of 300 runs or extra.

Electing to bat first, India acquired off to an exquisite begin, with skipper Rohit Sharma (42) having a gap stand of 95 runs with Shubman Gill. Later, Gill teamed with Virat Kohli to sew a 131-run second wicket stand and introduced up his second ODI ton, earlier than being dismissed for 116 off 97 balls. Virat took Lankan bowlers to the assault, smashing an unbeaten 166 off 110 balls, consisting of 12 fours and eight sixes.

For SL, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara picked two wickets every whereas Chamika Karunaratne acquired one scalp.

Chasing 391, Sri Lanka couldn’t put up a combat and a powerplay spell from Mohammed Siraj (4/32) demolished any hopes of redemption, leaving Lanka at 39/6. The guests had been dismissed for simply 73 and misplaced the match by 317 runs.

Siraj’s spell of 4/32 proved to be deadly for Lanka. Kuldeep Yadav (2/16) and Mohammed Shami (2/20) acquired wickets too. Only three Lanka batters, Nuwanidu Fernando (19), skipper Dasun Shanaka (11) and Kasun Rajitha (13*) touched double digits.

Brief rating: India 390/5 (Virat Kohli 166*, Shubhman Gill 116; Kasun Rajitha 2-81) defeat Sri Lanka 73 (Nuwanidu Fernando 19, Kasun Rajitha 13*, Mohammed Siraj 4/32).

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