SL VS IND - 3rd ODI, India tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

With that, we come to an end of our coverage for this game. A slightly belated end, I might add, due to some atrocious spectator behaviour. Such things have no place in our sport. No matter how frustrated you are with your team, the game can't be allowed to be held hostage. Anyway, let agitation not be the note we sign off on. Let it be calm - the way Dhoni almost dozed off amidst the craziness. I've been Sagar Chawla, and on behalf of Ramakrishnan, Akshay Maanay, Krishna and Praveen, it's a goodbye!

Stat round-up:

- India won their seventh successive bilateral series against SL. They have won eight and drawn one against SL dating back to 2000.

- Jasprit Bumrah's 5/27 is the second best figures for India in SL after 6/59 by Nehra at RPS in 2009. He has taken four or more wkts four times in his career of 19 ODIs - the most by an Indian at that point in his career.

- Rohit scored his maiden ODI century in SL after failing to reach double figures in nine of his 11 previous innings there.

- MS Dhoni has equaled the record for most not-outs in ODIs with Chaminda Vaas & Shaun Pollock today with 72 unbeaten innings each. He went past Azhar's tally of 9378 runs (when on 12) to become India's fourth leading run-getter in ODIs.

- 157* by Dhoni & Rohit is the third highest fifth wicket stand for India against SL after 223 by Azhar & Jadeja at RPS in 1997 and 184* by Gambhir & Dhoni at the Gabba in 2008.

Kohli: Small targets are always tricky. If it happens to you two or three times (failure to chase the small targets down), I don't think it's an issue. People like to make issues out of it. We have chased small targets convincingly before. Here the wicket was a bit more challenging. The last game we had a collapse. Today wasn't a collapse. The other batsmen really applied themselves. Rohit was outstanding, MS was great as well. We have to be a bit patient with the younger players. Have to understand how to take our games forward. He's (Bumrah) got 11 wickets in three games, he's bowled really well. Last game he missed out on a five-for, but he got it this time. He's among our top short-format bowlers. He's doing a great job for us, and I wish him all the best. We have a squad of 15, we'll look to give some of the other guys a go. Having won the series already, we can afford to give those guys a go.

Kapugedera: I thought it was a good wicket, so we wanted to put on a score which we could defend. Things didn't go to our plans. We discussed about not playing dot balls in the middle. 260-275 would have been a challenging score. I enjoyed it (captaincy). There was pressure, but I enjoyed it. Hopefully we can get a win next time.

Bumrah: It's always good when you get a break so you can work on your strengths and be refreshed when you come back. This was a different wicket. In the last match, it was slow, but in this match, there was seam movement with the new ball. Didn't know that (only Indian seamer to take five-for in last three years) but it's a good feeling. When you contribute to the team's success, it's always a good feeling.

Jasprit Bumrah is Man of the Match

Sri Lanka have a few things to take home as well, apart from bottles of course. Akila Dananjaya already looks like a star in the making, and some of the intensity in the pace bowling today was impressive too. But boy does their batting need work?! For starters, they'll need a replacement for the replacement player they had just drafted in - Chandimal - as he has fractured his thumb and will take no further part in the series. Dead rubbers as they might be, there is still a lot to play for Sri Lanka in the next two games. Stay tuned for the presentations.

22:35 Local Time, 17:05 GMT, 22:35 IST: This match, as much as I'd like for it to be otherwise, would probably be remembered for the wrong reasons. But let it not distract from how good this partnership has been. From a position of 61/4, with Dananjaya having struck twice in two overs, it had all the potential to go awry for India. But Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni have played wonderfully well to make it home at a canter. This is just the knock Rohit needed to get him into the groove for the season ahead, after he was rested from the Windies tour. And Dhoni, how good has he been in these last two games, allowing his partners to thrive with his calming influence at the other end in order to shepherd the team home. Let's not forget about Bumrah too, setting the game up with a five-for. What a series he's having!

Vishwa Fernando to Dhoni, 1 run, full toss on leg, Dhoni pops it off a leading edge over mid-wicket and that will be that. India seal the series with two games to go

Vishwa Fernando [8.0-2-34-1] is back into the attack

Chameera to Dhoni, 1 run, steers the slower ball down to third man. Doing it in singles and twos

Chameera to Rohit, 1 run, back of a length outside off, steered to third man

Chameera to Dhoni, 1 run, dabs it through cover-point for one

Chameera to Dhoni, 2 runs, back of a length delivery outside off, punched to the left of sweeper cover, good tumbling stop

Chameera to Rohit, 1 run, short and wide, cut down to third man

Chameera to Dhoni, 1 run, slower ball on middle, nudged into the on-side for one

22:29 Local Time, 16:59 GMT, 22:29 IST: The grass banks are now littered with trash, and have been completely evacuated. Appalling behaviour. Nevertheless, players are back.

22:23 Local Time, 16:53 GMT, 22:23 IST: The latest pictures coming in show the ground being emptied by security. The officials are all over the place right now, pondering the next course of action. Okay wait, the umpires are making their way to the centre. So the match will be completed on the field. Still not an empty stadium, but the miscreants have been expelled I presume.

22:15 Local Time, 16:45 GMT, 22:15 IST: Players are now shaking hands, says Gokul. So I guess that's it then? We'll wait for the official confirmation though

22:10 Local Time, 16:40 GMT, 22:10 IST: Dhoni is lying flat on his stomach, having a nice nap perhaps. We are no closer to a resumption than we were 10 minutes back. Really unfortunate turn of events.