One of the most telling aspects about India during this series is the seriousness and professionalism with which they have been playing their games. At no point have they let complacency set in and this has resulted in the team winning all the games they have played.
The Sri Lankan team are going through a transitional phase and are devoid of any real match-winners barring Lasith Malinga. Though they have put up a fight in a couple of the ODIs, they were never able to capitalise on them and this has resulted in them still having a nought in their wins column against the Indians.
India meanwhile, have been able to give a chance to most of the squad players to try and test them out so that they can feature in future matches. This has been a good opportunity that the likes of Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey and Rahul have had to show their worth to the team and some of them have been able to show their ability
Third rank retained:
As India won the 4th ODI against the Lankans to put them on the verge of a whitewash in the ODI series too, they retained the number three ranking in the ICC table. The team was able to comfortably win against the Lankans in this ODI, with captain Kohli and Rohit Sharma smashing brilliant centuries.
Twitter had a lot to say during the match and here are some of the best reactions:
Most not outs in ODI’s:
73 – Dhoni
72 – Pollock
72 – Vaas
67 – BevanWorld Record for Dhoni!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 31, 2017
And another convincing win for India. Love the ruthlessness of this side. Great gift for Dhoni’s 300th match.#IndvsSL
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 31, 2017
Most Man of the Match awards for Indians in ODI cricket:
62 – Sachin
31 – Ganguly
27 – Yuvraj
24 – KOHLI*
23 – Sehwag
21 – Dhoni#SLvIND— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 31, 2017
You’ve given cricket lovers milestone after milestone to rejoice!A phenomenal journey to 300 ODI’s – Congratulations @msdhoni ! ???#Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/f9xsYdfw8b
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 31, 2017
This is third time Rohit Sharma scored two back to back centuries in ODI Cricket…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 31, 2017
Must have said it around 1000 times that Manish Pandey deserves a good run lol. He is tailor-made for batting against the old ball.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) August 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/903291406638297089
??? #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/K1Nl7wlUH3
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 ?? (@RoflGandhi_) August 31, 2017
Jacqueline’s latest movie flopped at the box office. Indians in Sri Lanka are performing well but Sri Lankans in India aren’t. #IndvsSL
— APPURV GUPTA (@appurv_gupta) August 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/iPakistaniLAD/status/903207551453597696
Even in his 300th ODI, Dhoni comes in middle of a collapse. Such is the story of some legends. #SLvIND
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 31, 2017
