India won by 6 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Batter
Bowler
Kohli collects the trophy and now the Indians are trying to learn about the car that was gifted to Bumrah as the Man of the Series award. The entire squad has squeezed themselves on that. Dhoni is behind the wheels as the team takes a round of the ground. We will leave you with that. Has not been the most thrilling series but the Indians won't mind. Sri Lanka, as Tharanga has been insisting, have a lot to learn. Abhishek Chaudhary bids bye alongside Sagar Chawla, Vineet Anantharaman, Siva, Krishna and Ramakrishnan MS.
Virat Kohli: It is quite amazing to win the series 5-0. We always thought the limited overs were going to be much more challenging but credit to the guys. Jassi has been outstanding, spinners has been outstanding. Hardik chipping in. We have played some good cricket. The talk was about not having won more than 3 games in a row in limited overs. But now we have 5. In fact, 6. We won one in West Indies as well. Hopefully we can take this form and play well against Australia. Lovely, hospitable people here. They love you, they appreciate what you do. Very chilled out beautiful place. They are always smiling but never intrude in your privacy. We will definitely like to come here again.
Jasprit Bumrah: Nothing like that (on his Test chances getting a boost after this performance). It's always a dream. Hopefully when I get my chance, I would want to do well. I got a good break before the series. I was fresh to come into the series. It has been a long journey with him (Malinga). I will continue to learn with him. I am not thinking about that (using Malinga's skills to beat Sri Lanka). I am just trying to become a better bowler
Jasprit Bumrah is the Man of the Series
Upul Tharanga: These are difficult times for us. India were brilliant throughout the tournament. Once we were looking at 260-70 but we lost some wickets. In our batting we are disappointed a lot. We could not get the partnerships going. Losing a few main players also was the reason. But as a player I think we were not up to the standards. Happens in cricket (talking about the ball that dismissed him).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: I was not among wickets in the first few matches. But I was happy with the way I bowled today. We knew they were not strong against slower balls. I did not want to prove anything. Whenever I get the opportunity I wanted to do well for my team.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the Man of the Match for his fifer
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Stats round up:
Most hundreds in ODIs:
49 S Tendulkar
30 R Ponting/ VIRAT KOHLI
28 S Jayasuriya
25 K Sangakkara/ H Amla
24 AB de Villiers
Most ODI 100s vs an opponent:
9 Tendulkar v Aus
8 Tendulkar v SL/ Kohli v SL
7 Jayasuriya v Ind/ Saeed Anwar v SL
Scoring back-to-back ODI hundreds most times:
7 AB de Villiers
5 Saeed Anwar/ K Sangakkara/ VIRAT KOHLI
4 Ross Taylor
Scoring 1000+ runs in a calendar year most times:
7 S Tendulkar
6 S Ganguly/ R Ponting/ K Sangakkara
5 VIRAT KOHLI
4 S Jayasuriya/ M Yousuf/ M Jayawardene/ T Dilshan
MS Dhoni - first WK to effect 100 stumpings in ODIs.
5-0 whitewashes against SL:
vs Ind in Ind, 2014
vs SA in SA, 2017
vs Ind in SL, 2017
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A complete series for the visitors. They could test their middle order, combinations and wrist spinners. Things might not be so smooth against the Australians in a couple of weeks from now. Presentations in a while, should be a long one.
Nothing glorious about the win today. The match just followed the pattern we have become used to seeing in the past few weeks now. A chase and someone from the top of the Indian order decided to anchor till the end. As far as the Lankans are concerned, they will need the best of microscopes if they went looking for the positives from this series. One show that comes to our mind was the bowling from Dananjaya in the second ODI. But the Indians managed him well after that night.
Harsha Bhogle: It is 5-0. While Sri Lanka had the odd moment, it was never going to be anything else.
It's over. Finally it's over. After Sri Lanka lost the plot during the close of their innings to post 238, it was job half done for the Indians. Rahane's first outing in the series resulted in a failure. Finally Rohit too got out early but Kohli! What do we write? 30th ODI century. His innings seasoned by some nice little efforts from Pandey and later on Jadhav, who showed how good he can be with forward defences at times, was all India needed to seal the fate of the Lankans.
Wanidu Hasaranga to Kohli, 1 run, and he does. Drives the tossed up ball to long-off. India win by six wickets, take the series 5-0. They also become the first team to whitewash the Lankans in Sri Lanka.
It's over. Finally it's over. After Sri Lanka lost the plot during the close of their innings to post 238, it was half job done for the Indians. Rahane's first outing in the series resulted in a failure. Finally Rohit too got out early but Kohli. What do we write? 30th ODI century. His innings seasoned by some
Wanidu Hasaranga to Dhoni, 1 run, cuts off the back foot to cover for a single. Kohli will hit the winning runs
MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Slip in place for the new man
Wanidu Hasaranga to Kedar Jadhav, out Caught by Dickwella!! Dickwella celebrates. Legit. Kedar Jadhav won't be hitting the winning runs tonight. Tried to late cut and edged into the gloves of the keeper. The ball was too full to do that. Don't tell me Dhoni is the new man. Kedar Jadhav c Dickwella b Wanidu Hasaranga 63(73) [4s-7]
Wanidu Hasaranga to Kedar Jadhav, THATS OUT!! Caught!!