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Changes to the Indian squad
31 Aug 2017
Having bagged the five-match series with an unassailable lead of 3-0, Indian side saw 4th ODI as an opportunity to experiment with the squad.
In the 4th ODI against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium, three changes were made to the team which included Manish Pandey for Kedar Jadhav, Kuldeep Yadav in place of Yuzvendra Chahal, and Shardul Thakur for Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Premadasa is a good batting pitch
Pitch
The toss went in India's favour and skipper Kohli chose to bat first. For the first time in this series, India are batting first.
Interestingly, of the 16 times Kohli has won the toss in ODIs, this is only the second time he has elected to bat.
Premadasa traditionally is a good batting wicket and a hard pitch report today meant an even bounce.
Virat Kohli scores his 29th ODI century
31 Aug 2017
In the 4th ODI against Sri Lanka, captain Virat Kohli slammed a 131-run innings to score his 29th ODI century.
With this he moved up on the list of most-hundreds in ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Ricky Ponting (30) have more 100s than the 28-year-old.
Rohit Sharma too joined the party by bringing up his 13th ODI century, a back-to-back in the series.
How did the match progress?
India's innings
At the end of first innings India stood at 375/5, a tough total to chase for the hosts.
Apart from Kohli's and Rohit's big knocks, Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni contributed with scores of 50 and 49 respectively.
MS Dhoni, playing his 300th ODI, went on to set a new record for most not outs in ODIs (73).
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