Rohit Sharma withdraws appeal after Mohammed Shami runs out Dasun Shanaka at non-striker’s end

In
the
final
over
of
Sri
Lanka’s
innings,
India
pacer
Mohammed
Shami
effected
a
non-striker’s
run
out
of
opposition
skipper
Dasun
Shanaka
who
was
unbeaten
on
98.

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Sharma
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Shami
spotted
the
Sri
Lankan
skipper
outside
the
crease
at
the
non-striker’s
end
and
dislodged
the
bails
and
appealed.
Umpire
Nitin
Menon
signalled
towards
the
TV
umpire
to
check
the
bowler’s
appeal.
However,
captain
Rohit
Sharma
turned
down
the
appeal
and
asked
the
umpire
to
continue
with
the
game.

Shanaka
slams
2nd
ODI
century

Team
India’s
decision
was
governed
by
the
fact
that
Shanaka
–
who
earlier
got
a
couple
of
breathers
as
Indian
fielders
failed
to
take
the
catch
–
was
batting
on
98
and
a
dismissal
in
that
fashion
would
have
been
anti-climactic
to
what
was
a
fabulous
knock.

Once
he
got
the
reprieve,
Shanaka
slammed
his
second
ODI
ton
off
87
deliveries
as
he
hit
a
boundary
on
the
penultimate
ball
of
the
match.

Reacting
over
the
entire
episode
at
the
post-match
presentation,
Sharma
revealed
why
he
didn’t
decide
to
appeal
for
Shanaka’s
run
out.

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vs
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as
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win
by
67
Runs
to
take
1-0
Lead

“Mohammad
Shami
went
for
the
appeal,
but
Dasun
Shanaka
was
batting
on
98,
so
we
didn’t
want
to
get
him
out
that
way,”
the
India
captain
said.

With
the
win
of
67
runs
in
the
opening
ODI,
Team
India
started
their
campaign
in
the
world
cup
year
on
a
dominant
note.
Chasing
an
improbable
374-run
target
Sri
Lanka
managed
to
post
306
for
the
loss
of
8
wickets
in
the
stipulated
50
overs.

Virat
Kohli
slams
ODI
century
in
Guwahati
to
break
Sachin
Tendulkar’s
record,
equals
another
milestone

Their
skipper
Dasun
Shanaka’s
gritty
hundred
went
in
vain
as
he
failed
to
take
his
team
home
and
couldn’t
find
much
support
from
the
other
end
in
the
middle-order.

He,
however,
shared
a
century
stand
with
tail-ender
Kasun
Rajitha
–
who
contributed
9
runs
in
the
unbeaten
partnership
of
100
for
the
ninth
wicket.

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Kohli
scores
73rd
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For
India,
Umran
Malik
was
the
pick
of
the
bowlers
and
returned
with
a
three-for.
Mohammed
Siraj
–
who
provided
a
couple
of
early
breakthroughs
–
returned
with
2/30
from
his
7
overs.

However,
the
day
was
headlined
by
India’s
batting
mainstay
Virat
Kohli
who
slammed
his
ODI
career’s
45th
ton
and
shattered
several
records.

Capitalising
on
the
143-run
opening
stand
between
captain
Rohit
Sharma
(83)
and
Shubman
Gill
(70),
Kohli
kept
forging
partnerships
with
the
middle-order
batters
and
scored
113
off
87
balls.
It
was
Kohli’s
knock
which
helped
the
Men
in
Blue
post
a
mammoth
373
for
7
after
being
put
in
to
bat
first.

With
this
win,
Rohit
Sharma
and
his
band
take
a
1-0
lead
in
the
three-match
series
and
the
bandwagon
now
moves
to
Kolkata
where
the
second
match
will
be
played.