IND vs SL, 3rd ODI: The incident happened on the fifth ball of the 43rd over.©Twitter
Centuries of Virat Kohli and Shubbam Gill gave India control of proceedings against Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. While Gill (116) hit his 2nd ODI ton, Kohli scored his 46 in the 50 overs format and his 74th overall. While the Indian team had plenty to celebrate in their innings, Sri Lanka took a huge blow when two of their players collided while trying to save a boundary.
The incident happened on the fifth ball of the 43rd over when Ashen Bandara and Jeffrey Vandersay collided trying to save Kohli’s shot, at the square leg boundary.
clash of sri lankan players.
hope they are ok.#INDvSL #ViratKohli #shubhmanmill pic.twitter.com/h5kfn2qEjC— Jai Upadhyay (@jay_upadhyay14) January 15, 2023
Both were surrounded by players from Sri Lanka and the medical teams from both sides, before they were eventually stretched off the pitch.
Kohli hit an unbeaten 166 as India posted a massive total of 390/5 against Sri Lanka.
Earlier, India had won the coin toss and skipper Rohit Sharma had opted to bat first.
Hardik Pandya and Umran Malik were rested while Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar replaced them in the team.
Sri Lanka also made two changes to their bid for a consolation victory. Ashen Bandara and Jeffrey Vandersay replaced Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage.
India had taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and are now looking at a clean sheet.
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