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Kedar Jadhav and Niroshan Dickwella were making their ODI debut. They became 205th and 161st player to represent India and Sri Lanka respectively. (Also Read:  Kohli century leads India to 5-0 series victory ) For the first time in the series Sri Lanka did not lose a wicket in the batting powerplay. Playing his 138th match and 116 innings, Angelo Mathews (139*) scored his maiden ODI hundred. He had scored 24 fifties with a highest of 93. Mathews completed his 1,000 runs in ODIs in the year 2014 when his score reached 77. He became first player to reach this landmark this year (later Virat Kohli became the second batsman to accomplish this feat). Having already scored 1,044 runs in Test cricket this year, Mathews became only the third captain to aggregate 1,000 runs in a calendar year both in Tests and ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar (in 1997) and Ricky Ponting (in 2005) are the two other captain to do so. Sri Lanka made 73 runs in last five overs with Angelo Mathews contributing 60 ...

Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 139 (126) led India to a three-wicket win in a nail-biting finish in the last game of the five-match ODI series in Ranchi. A maiden ODI century by Angelo Mathews was the saving grace for the visitors after being reduced to 85/4 in the 19th over. Assisted by Lahiru Thirimanne, the Sri Lankan captain revived the innings and powered the side to 286/8 with an unbeaten 139 after electing to bat. The SL captain returned to remove the hosts’ openers in the first five overs but his opposite number fought to seize victory in a high-pressure chase. While Mathews’ 139 went in vain, Kohli’s knock helped India claim the series 5-0.  (Also Read:  Virat emulates Ganguly, Kapil as he leads India to a 5-0 win over Sri Lanka ) Chasing the respectable total, India lost both their openers early. Mathews who had batted with determination to set up the game dislodged Ajinkya Rahane’s bails and in his next over castled Rohit Sharma to leave India on 14/2. Bowling a tight...

This match was the 19th ODI at Eden Gardens involving India. Among all Indian grounds, Eden Gardens- along with Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium- has now hosted India in most ODIs. (Also Read:  Rohit Sharma 264 Runs - Report: India vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI ) Karn Sharma was making his ODI debut. He became 204th player to represent India in ODIs. Post by Indian Cricket Team Updates . Rohit Sharma broke and established many new records during his innings of 264. Here are some of them: • On 102 he made his highest score against Sri Lanka, expunging unbeaten 101 at Bulawayo in 2010. • On 151 he made the highest individual score at Eden Gardens, bettering Gautam Gambhir’s unbeaten 150 in 2009 also against Sri Lanka. • On 184 he surpassed the highest score by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka. Sourav Ganguly at Taunton in 1999 and MS Dhoni at Jaipur in 2005-06 had made 183. • On 190 he established the highest individual score in India-Sri Lanka ODIs, beating Sanath ...

Propelled by Rohit Sharma’s magnificent double-century, India marched to a 153-run win in Kolkata. While Eden Gardens celebrated 150 years, Rohit lit-up the stadium with a well paced 264 off 173 to make the occasion memorable. In doing so, he etched his name in the history books by posting the highest individual score in ODI cricket and became the only batsman to post two double hundreds in the 50-over format till date. It was breathtaking knock by the opener that set-up the match for India. The hosts then bowled the visitors out for 251 to take a 4-0 lead in the series.  (Also Read:  Rohit Sharma 264 Runs - Stats: India vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI ) Post by Indian Cricket Team Updates . Coming out to open with Ajinkya Rahane after India elected to bat, Rohit made the Sri Lankans regret the missed chance to send him back when he was batting on four. The opener taking the aerial route was dropped by Thisara Perera at third-man.  Having received a life, Rohit who wa...

This match was India’s 300th ODI in India. India became second country after Australia (398) to play 300 ODIs at home soil.  (Also Read:  Report: India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Hyderabad Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for a duck for the 15th time in his ODI career – third time against India. This was the fourth time he recorded a golden duck. Two of these instances have come against India. Zaheer Khan had dismissed him bowled at Margao in 2007. Mahela Jayawardene (118) completed his 12,000 ODI runs when his score reached 116. He became third Sri Lankan and fifth batsman to reach this mark after Sachin Tendulkar (18426), Ricky Ponting (13704), Sanath Jayasuriya (13430) and Kumar Sangakkara (12918). Incidentally Jayawardene is the slowest to do so, taking 399 innings. Jayasuriya (379) held the previous record. Umesh Yadav (4-53) returned his best figures in ODIs, bettering 3-32 against West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 2013. Shikhar Dhawan (91) completed his 2,000 ODI ...