India vs Sri Lanka 2017 Live Cricket Score, 5th ODI: Virat Kohli’s knock keeps India strong against Sri Lanka.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score 5th ODI: India 222/3 after 42 overs: After a big stand between Virat Kohli and Manish Pandey, the latter fell while trying t sweep and get a big shot. Chasing a target of 239 runs, India had a new opening pair at the crease with Ajinkya Rahane opening the batting with Rohit Sharma who has been in tremendous form with two centuries in this series. Rahane and Rohit could not make most the opportunity as both the openers were dismissed early.
Earlier, three Sri Lanka players got off to decent starts but none of them converted it into a big one. After a solid stand between Thirimanne and Mathews, the hosts were looking good for a good total but India fought back well in the final overs and bundled them out for 238. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was pick of the bowlers for India as he returned with 5/42. Spinners Kuldeep and Yuzvendra did well in the middle overs to contain the flow of runs in the middle overs and picked one wicket each. For hosts, Tharanga (48), Thirmanne (67) and Mathews (55) played well but were not able to post a big score. Catch the live cricket score and live score of India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI
Playing XI for India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvender Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur