Record India win marred by ugly fielding collision

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By Damien McCartney and AP

In 1 of the darkest on-field days successful Sri Lankan cricket, 2 of their stars were stretchered disconnected aft a dense collision successful the outfield, earlier their batting lineup capitulated to the biggest nonaccomplishment successful ODI history.

India won the flip and batted, and were cruising astatine 2-298 erstwhile a Virat Kohli propulsion changeable ran distant to the mid-wicket boundary.

In attempts to prevention the bound and with some sets of eyes firmly focussed connected the ball, Sri Lankan fielders Jeffrey Vandersay and Ashen Bandara collided heavy and were stretchered from the ground.

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The incidental was eerily akin to the collision betwixt Jason Gillespie and Steve Waugh successful 1999 - which near Waugh with a breached chemoreceptor and Gillespie a breached leg.

"There's 2 fielders connected the ground, that's ne'er ever a bully sign," Harsha Bhogle said successful commentary.

"There are galore blessed sights connected a cricket ground, but 1 show you ne'er privation to spot is simply a stretcher."

To hitch brackish into the wound, the shot trickled into the boundary.

Both players were taken to infirmary for scans, and thankfully some escaped superior injury.

Dunith Wellalage took Vandersay's spot arsenic a concussion substitute portion Bandara was replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva arsenic a fielding substitute.

A abbreviated clip later, Kohli scored his 46th ODI hundred, mounting the Sri Lankans a mammoth 391 to win.

Kohli deed 166 not retired disconnected 110 balls, his second-highest ODI score. It was besides his 2nd 100 of the bid and his 3rd from his past 4 ODI innings.

Shubman Gill besides scored his 2nd ODI hundred.

In reply, Sri Lanka was rolled for conscionable 73 runs successful 22 overs. The 317-run borderline of triumph was the biggest ever recorded successful ODIs.

India made a coagulated commencement aft opting to bat. Gill enactment connected 95 runs with skipper Rohit Sharma (42) for the archetypal wicket.

After Sharma departed successful the 16th over, Gill and Kohli enactment connected 131 runs for the 2nd wicket.

Gill scored 116 disconnected 97 balls, notching up his period disconnected 89 balls, hitting 14 fours and 2 sixes.

Kohli got to 50 disconnected 48 balls with his period concern with Gill coming disconnected lone 90 balls.

Later, helium reached his ton disconnected 85 balls. It was his 21st ODI 100 connected Indian soil, the astir by immoderate batsman arsenic helium overtook Sachin Tendulkar's grounds of 20 centuries.

It was besides Kohli's 10th ODI 100 against Sri Lanka, the astir by immoderate batsman against immoderate squad successful this format.

Kohli stepped it up thereafter, scoring 50 disconnected 21 balls, including six sixes. Overall, helium deed 13 fours and 8 sixes.

Kohli was named subordinate of the lucifer arsenic good arsenic subordinate of the series.

"Ever since I came backmost from the agelong break, I person been feeling good. I don't person the desperation to get to a milestone. I americium enjoying my batting and trying to assistance the squad arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. I privation this (run of form) to continue," Kohli said, aft the victory.

Shreyas Iyer scored 38 disconnected 32 balls and added 108 disconnected 71 balls with Kohli for the 3rd wicket.

Sri Lankan batting folded meekly successful reply to India's mammoth full arsenic Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami bowled belligerent opening spells, sharing six wickets.

Siraj took 4-32 portion Shami returned 2-20. The tourists reached conscionable 39-5 aft 10 overs with conscionable 2 top-order batsmen – Nuwanidu Fernando (19) and Dasun Shanaka (11) – reaching treble figures successful the one-sided encounter.

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