Rohit Sharma Shines As India Defeat Sri Lanka In 3rd ODI 

Pallekele: Rohit Sharma once again showed an impeccable form and class with unbeaten 124 runs as India took an unassailable 3-0 lead with a six-wicket victory in the third One-Day International match played here in the city on Sunday.

Following is the scorecard of the third One-Day International (ODI) between India and Sri Lanka played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

Sri Lanka Innings: Niroshan Dickwella lbw b Jasprit Bumrah 13 Dinesh Chandimal c Jasprit Bumrah b Hardik Pandya 36 Kusal Mendis c Rohit Sharma b Jasprit Bumrah 1 Lahiru Thirimanne c Kedar Jadhav b Jasprit Bumrah 80 Angelo Mathews lbw b Kedar Jadhav 11 Chamara Kapugedera b Axar 14 Milinda Siriwardana b Jasprit Bumrah 29 Akila Dananjaya b Jasprit Bumrah 2 Dushmantha Chameera run out (Dhoni/Bhuvneshwar) 6 Vishwa Fernando not out 5 Lasith Malinga not out 1 Extras: (b 4, lb 7, w 8) 19

Total: in 50 overs 217/9 Fall of Wickets: 18-1 (Niroshan Dickwella, 3.4 overs), 28-2 (Kusal Mendis, 7.4), 100-3 (Dinesh Chandimal, 25.4), 138-4 (Angelo Mathews, 34.4), 159-5 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 39.3), 181-6 (Chamara Kapugedera, 43.6), 191-7 (Akila Dananjaya, 45.5), 201-8 (Milinda Siriwardana, 47.4), 210-9 (Dushmantha Chameera, 48.4) Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9-2-41-0 Jasprit Bumrah 10-2-27-5 Yuzvendra Chahal 10-0-49-0 Hardik Pandya 8-0-42-1 Axar Patel 10-1-35-1 Kedar Jadhav 3-0-12-1

India Innings: Rohit Sharma not out 122 Shikhar Dhawan b Lasith Malinga 5 Virat Kohli c Dushmantha Chameera b Vishwa Fernando 3 Lokesh Rahul c Lahiru Thirimanne b Akila Dananjaya 17 Kedar Jadhav lbw b Akila Dananjaya 0 MS Dhoni not out 61 Extras: (b 0, lb 1, w 1) 2 Total: in 44 overs 210/4 Fall of Wickets: 9-1 (Shikhar Dhawan, 2.1 overs), 19-2 (Virat Kohli, 5.1), 61-3 (Lokesh Rahul, 13.5), 61-4 (Kedar Jadhav, 15.1) Bowling: Lasith Malinga 5-0-25-1 Vishwa Fernando 8-2-34-1 Dushmantha Chameera 9-1-52-0 Angelo Mathews 3-0-17-0 Akila Dananjaya 10-0-38-2 Milinda Siriwardana 9-0-43-0 — (IANS)