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Mohammed Siraj with the trophy.
After Rohit received the trophy at the post-match presentation, he came back and joined the crowd, handing it over to none other than Siraj, who bowled skillfully.
India beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 317 runs in Thiruvananthapuram to clinch the three-match series 3-0. The likes of Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj were instrumental in this massive win as India bundled out Sri Lanka for 73 runs. While Kohli and Gill scored centuries, Siraj took four wickets and came very close to a fifty. ,
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After Rohit received the trophy at the post-match presentation, he came back and joined the crowd, handing it over to none other than Siraj, who bowled skillfully. Furthermore, Siraj could have taken his fifth wicket if he had taken a wicket on the last ball of his ten-over spell; However, it was called not out by the third umpire.
Siraj struck four times in the first ten overs to reduce Sri Lanka to 37/5. The Hyderabad bowler also engaged in a war of words with Sri Lanka’s Chamika Karunaratna before he ran her out.
The Lankan batsman had played the shot and posed to avenge Siraj’s aggression, but did not expect the bowler to bowl immediately. As a result, he was found out of the crease and was declared out.
See how Rohit handed over the trophy to Siraj.
Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 166 in four innings as India beat Sri Lanka by a record 317 runs in the third ODI to clean up the series on Sunday.
Captain Rohit Sharma (42 off 49 balls) and Shubman Gill (116 off 97 balls) stitched a fluent opening partnership of 95 before Kohli (166 not out off 110) took India five wickets from his 74th international century and 46th. Wrapped up for 390 runs on the wicket. 50 over format.
Sri Lanka succumbed to the high-quality pace bowling of Mohammed Siraj, who shut the door for the opposition four times in the space of 10 overs. The Sri Lankan team was all out for just 73 runs in 22 overs, which made the gap between the two teams clear.
This was the largest margin of victory by runs in the history of men’s ODIs.
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