Asia Cup 2023

Sri Lanka spin trio of Dunith Wellalage, Charith Asalanka, and Maheesh Theekshana took all the 10 wickets as for the first time India has been on the receiving end of that. Also the 14th match in a row that Sri Lanka has bowled out their opposition in ODIs.

The two Indian batting heroes became the fastest non-opening (Rohit opens the inning) duo in One-Day International cricket to complete 5,000 runs as a pair during the Asia Cup Super 4 match against Sri Lanka at Colombo's R. Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday.

With the last ball of his quota, Dunith Wellalage had Hardik Pandya playing a forward-defensive and the ball took the edge on the way through as it turned past him.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, India's opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill yet again provided a solid start to the inning. Before Gill became the first victim of Wellalage, both the openers added 80 runs on the board.

Rohit Sharma achieved the milestone when he reached 22 runs after India won the toss and opted to bat on a bright afternoon in Colombo. Sharma became the 15th batter overall to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.

After picking up a 5-25 against Pakistan that helped India thrash archrivals by a massive 228 runs in a Asia Cup Super Four match at the R Premadasa Stadium here on Monday, Kuldeep has emerged as India's top wicket-taker in men's ODIs this year, securing 27 wickets in 14 matches.

In a conversation with Star Sports, Rahul expressed that words fall short in describing Kohli's greatness as a player adding that he feels comfortable playing with him in the middle.

Sri Lanka are unchanged.

It was down to Rahul making a stunning comeback to international cricket with a classy 111 not out off 106 balls while Kohli combined astute running between the wickets with dazzling strokeplay to hit his fourth ODI century in as many innings at the venue through an unbeaten 122 off just 94 balls.

Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene are the others before Kohli to reach the milestone. While Tendulkar took 321 innings to get to the mark, Kohli has reached the same in 267 innings, becoming the quickest to the milestone and breaking the legendary batter’s record.