India vs Sri Lanka 2023: 2023 started in a great way for the Indian team. The team started this year with T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. India won 2-1 in the first T20 series played. After this ODI series Team India clean sweeped Sri Lanka 3-0. Indian team’s veteran star batsman Virat Kohli appeared in good rhythm in the ODI series. He scored two centuries in three matches.
In the third ODI, he played a blistering inning of 166* runs at a strike rate of 150.91. He broke many big records with his innings. Apart from records, he reminded the Sri Lankan team of the year 2014 with his innings, when Rohit Sharma played a historic inning of 264 runs against the visiting team at Eden Gardens.
Virat Kohli repeated the figure of Rohit Sharma
Actually, in 2014, Rohit Sharma played a historic inning of 264 runs while playing against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. In that match, while batting first, the Indian team put 404 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. Chasing the runs, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 251 runs in 43.1 overs. That is, the Sri Lankan team could not even cross Rohit Sharma’s score.
Similarly, in the third match of the ODI series played in 2023, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 166 runs. In this match, Team India, while batting first, put 390 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. The Sri Lankan team, which came out to chase the runs, was reduced to 73 runs in 22 overs. Means Team India could not even score runs equal to Virat Kohli. In this match, the Indian team registered the biggest win in ODI cricket by 317 runs.
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