INDIA VS SRI LANKA, 2017

Rohit Sharma record ton powers India to series win

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Rohit Sharma starred with a 43-ball 118, 108 of which came in fours and sixes.
Rohit Sharma starred with a 43-ball 118, 108 of which came in fours and sixes. © BCCI

Rohit Sharma arrived at the Holkar Stadium in Indore in complete Friday mood as he sent both Sri Lanka and the crowd into a tizzy with a mind-boggling exhibition of big-hitting. With 12 fours and 10 sixes that amounted for 108 off his 118 runs, Rohit rode his way to an incredible hundred, the joint-fastest in T20Is, equalling David Miller's 35-ball blitzkrieg against Bangladesh earlier this year.

Although Sri Lanka gave India a few reasons to worry about while trying to chase down a record 261, Kusal Perera and Upul Tharanga's knocks were never enough as both teams will now head to Mumbai for the third T20I but with the series already decided in the hosts' favour.

Most of the working populace who would have not complained for staying back in their office cafeterias for that extra long to not miss India's carnage, must have set off for either their homes or party places knowing the fate of the game. However, Sri Lanka tried and tried real hard to make a match out of it. When Niroshan Dickwella was dropped in the second over by KL Rahul, one thought that the tourists got the much-needed luck quite early in their chase. However, after a couple of fours and a six, Dickwella was sent back by Jaydev Unadkat in the fifth over.

The tide turned in the following over when both Tharanga and Kusal got stuck into Kuldeep Yadav, pasting him for two sixes and a four in his first over. He went for a six more in his next over before being replaced by his fellow wristspinner, Yuzvendra Chahal. The script didn't change much as Tharanga took on the legspinner, hitting him for two sixes while collecting 16 off his over. Sri Lanka raised their 100 inside the first 10 overs, and although the back ten needed even more brutality, the tourists had at least stayed alive at that point.

Perera hit his fifth six and followed it up with a four, off Chahal, to bring up his fifty in just 26 balls. The next over saw more damage as Kuldeep, who was brought back into the attack, went for more runs with two fours and a six - all from Kusal.

Just as the wrinkles on the foreheads had started to grow for India, Chahal produced the much needed breakthrough by getting Tharanga to miscue a heave, and he completed the dismissal by taking a smart catch himself. Kusal cut the celebrations short by smashing another four and a six in the same over. India didn't have to wait any longer for the decisive blow as Kusal fell in the next over while attempting to heave one over covers. With three wickets going down in that over, including that of two new men - Thisara Perera and Asela Gunaratne, Sri Lanka found themselves five down all of a sudden.

Chahal made his presence felt by picking up three wickets in the next over, leaving Sri Lanka eight down. With Angelo Mathews out with a hamstring injury yet again, the tourists were reduced to just nine wickets. Hardik Pandya struck in the 18th over to drill the final nail in the coffin, helping India pocket the series with a big victory.

Thisara Perera's decision to bowl first came straight out of a wary-of-dew captain's handbook but little did he know that he and his bowlers had to bowl on what was eerily similar to a national highway. Rohit, who recently became the only batsman to have three ODI double hundreds against his name, carried his good luck into the shortest format of the game, starting off with two boundaries in the opening over. KL Rahul, who made a celebrated return to the limited-overs form with a fluent fifty the other evening in Cuttack, exhibited the same sublimity when he stroked a mellifluous drive straight past the bowler in the second over. The last thing Sri Lanka wanted was a dropped chance and Sadeera Samarawickrama, who had been drafted in for this game, dropped a straightforward catch of Rahul on 6 in the third over.

As usual Rohit Sharma eased himself in the middle while Rahul toyed with Dushmantha Chameera to ridicule the already hapless Sri Lanka by lifting him straight over the sightscreen for the first six of the evening. Little did the visitors know that there would be 20 more of them in the innings. Nuwan Pradeep's opening act was not one to remember as both openers picked a six apiece in his over to sent him for 17 runs. Akila Dananjaya was brought into the attack in the final over of the powerplay and he bled 16 runs. The field opened up but that didn't stop the openers from bringing the roofs down, hitting 49 in the next three overs.

Inside the first nine overs of play, Sri Lanka had used up seven bowlers, with India painting two contrasting four-over breakdowns. While the first four brought 26, the next four brought 61 runs. With four sixes off Thisara Perera's over - the 11th of the innings - Rohit raced off to 97 off 34 balls, at a time when Rahul was on 45 off 32. It was with a scorching drive through covers that Rohit registered the joint-fastest ton in T20Is, off just 35 balls. When he hit two more sixes and a four in the following over, there were talks of a T20I double-hundred in the making. However, a short ball was steered straight to short third man as Rohit walked back for 118.

MS Dhoni was promoted up the order and with two sixes and two fours very early in the innings, India seemed set to scale the highest ever total in T20Is. Rahul made quick change of gears. But while on 89 with 10 deliveries to go in the innings, he was sent back by an acrobatic take from Dickwella behind the stumps. Scoring only seven in the final over, the hosts ended with their highest score in the format, also the joint second-highest total overall.

Brief Scores: India 260/5 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 118, KL Rahul 89; Thisara Perera 2-49) beat Sri Lanka 172 in 17.2 overs (Kusal Perera 77, Upul Tharanga 47; Yuzvendra Chahal 4-52, Kuldeep Yadav 3-52) by 88 runs.

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