Mumbai, Nov 2 (UNI) Though Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer missed their centuries, India piled on 357/8 in the 33rd match of the ICC Men’s World Cup at Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.
Captain Rohit Sharma missed out as he was castled in the very second ball of the match after flicking Dilshan Madushanaka for a boundary.
India would have been three down immediately. Gill was dropped by Charith Asalanka and Dushmantha Chameera dropped one off his own bowling, giving Virat a life as well.
Taking advantage of the missed chances, the duo put Maheesh Theekshana under the pump and stitched together a partnership for the second wicket to steady India’s innings.
Virat got to his 12th half-century against Sri Lanka and Gill followed suit by getting to his second fifty of the World Cup, after taking on Madushanka for a few runs.
After scoring 60 runs during the 10-20 over phase, Virat and Gill continued to get runs off Theekshana, and brought up their 150-run partnership.
Gill fell for 92 off a slower short ball from Madushanka, before stitching 189 runs for the second wicket.
Madushanka got Virat with a slower ball for 88 as the entire Wankhede went silent as the fans expected their idol to equal the 49 ODI century scored by Sachin Tendulkar who was present watching the game at the stadium.
Shreyas and KL Rahul (21) fetched timely boundaries, raising a 60 runs stand for 4th wicket. Rahul chipped Chameera straight to cover and Suryakumar Yadav got going with a couple of boundaries, but lucky to have survived caught behind review.
For the second time, however, Surya was not lucky on the review as he was adjudged caught behind by Kusal Mendis off Madushanka for 12.
India added 93 runs in the last 10 overs as Ravindra Jadeja (35 off 24) scored some vital runs down the order.
Madushanaka, who scalped Virat and Gill, ended with figures of 5/80. Chameera was the only other Sri Lankan bowler to bag one wicket for 71 runs.
In reply, Sri Lanka were in deep trouble with 3/4 in third over with Mohammad Siraj picking up three wickets and Jasprit Bumrah one.
