IND VS SL : Shikhar Dhawan becomes first Indian batsman to hit six consecutive 50-plus scores against any team in ODI
New Delhi: Opener Shikhar Dhawan proceeded with his intensely hot frame over Sri Lanka scoring up a bewildering unbeaten century as Team India expanded effectively their control over the Islanders in the first one-day international match winning by nine wickets, at Dambulla, on Sunday.
Picking to bowl to begin with, Indian captain Virat Kohli welcomed the hosts to venture in to bat. Openers Danushka Gunathilaka (35) and Niroshan Dickwella (65) took off to a bursting begin stitching a fiery 74-run association until wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal struck to expel the previous off a confused turn around clear. Dickwella proceeded with his frenzy with his tense batting ability close by Kusal Mendis. The southpaw even scored up his fifth ODI fifty. Be that as it may, all went bad for the hosts as the spinners struck one-by-one to disintegrate down Sri Lankan any expectation of a major aggregate, inside 44 overs.
With only 216-run target, right hand-left hand combo of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan ventured in. After the previous' strange run out in the fifth over, captain Kohli consolidated with Dhawan to voyage the Indian ship past the negligible aggregate weaving an exceptional 197-run stand. The southpaw bound through 20 limits and three over-the-rope pounding to score up his eleventh ODI ton in only 71 conveyances. It was his quickest ever in the 50-over organization and second speediest in an India versus Sri Lanka coordinate in ODIs.
Dhawan's count of fifty or more scores against Sri Lanka have now accounted to seven, equalling previous Indian opener Virender Sehwag. Driving the diagram is, in any case, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar with 25 such thumps, falling one behind is Kumar Sangakkara. Adding to it, this was Dhawan's 6th continuous fifty or more score against the Islanders turning into the primary batsman to accomplish this accomplishment. His last six innings are against Sri Lanka are - 94, 113, 79, 91, 125 and 132 n.o. Australia's Dean Jones, previous Indian batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu, previous Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Pakistani incredible Saeed Anwar all had five suck thumps to their name against Sri Lanka. He is currently additionally the primary Indian batsman to score six back to back fifty or more scores against a group in the 50-over arrangement.
Kohli too showered adulate on the 31-year-well-known adage, "The most recent three months have been an awesome time for Dhawan and he's capitalizing on his purple fix. Ideally, he remains in this upbeat zone and we'll ensure he remains there in light of the fact that he will win you diversions as long he's in it. When he begins going, it's exceptionally hard to stop him."
India's next ODI coordinate is on August 24, at Pallekele.