India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI : Harsha Bhogle hails Virat & Co. for series win | Oneindia News
  • 7 years ago
TV commentator Harsha Bhogle has hailed Virat & Co. for whitewashing a five-match ODI series 5-0 in Sri Lanka. He took to twitter and wrote: It is 5-0. While Sri Lanka had the odd moment, it was never going to be anything else. In another tweet, he said " Another unbeaten century in a run-chase. Suspect it is part of Kohli's diet!. The Men in Blue became the first visiting country to whitewash a five-match ODI series 5-0 in Sri Lanka. Before this India had also beaten the Lankans 3-0 in the three-Test match series. Courtesy Bhuvneshwar Kumar's five-wicket haul, India bundled out the hosts for a modest 238 runs in 49.4 overs. In reply, Kohli notched up his 30th ODI century to help India get over the line in just 46.3 overs.This was his 30th ODI hundred in his only 194th game and is now jointly second highest in list of century makers alongside Ricky Ponting with only Sachin Tendulkar (49 hundreds) ahead of him. For his maiden ODI five-wicket haul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar walked away with the Man of the Match while Jasprit Bumrah claimed the Man of the Series award.
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