03/09Result
5th ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 3 2017
India won by 6 wkts (21b rem)
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
03/09Result
5th ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 3 2017
India won by 6 wkts (21b rem)
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia

Match Day

Report
2671dThe Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Bhuvneshwar, Kohli lead India to 5-0 sweep

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs and Virat Kohli's 30th hundred in the format led India to a clinical six-wicket win that consigned Sri Lanka to a first ever home-series whitewash

2671dBharath Seervi

Kohli second only to Tendulkar

A maiden whitewash at home and astounding batting averages make up some of the statistical highlights from the fifth ODI in Colombo

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Kohli's milestone

100

No. of batsmen to score 10,000 runs in list-a cricket, including Kohli who got there in this match. His average is the second highest among those 100 players behind Bevan (57.86).

New record

100

No. of stumpings by MS Dhoni in ODIs - the first wicketkeeper to achieve this.

First in the last

0

No. of 100+ partnerships for SL in this series in the first 4 ODIs. Thirimanne and Mathews have shared their first century in this match; India have had 6 such stands in first 4 ODIs.

Bumrah's series

14

Most wkts by a fast bowler in a bilateral ODI series of max. 5 matches, by Andre Adams v Ind 2002/03, Clint McKay v Pak 2009-10. Bumrah also has 14 wkts with Tharanga's dismissal.

One to avoid

0

Sri Lanka have never suffered a whitewash in a bilateral ODI series of any number of matches at home. They trail by 0-4 in this series.