Sri Lanka vs India 2017: Watch – KL Rahul Runs Out Kusal Mendis With a Brilliant Direct Throw

Aug 31, 2017 at 7:55 PM

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Sri Lanka vs India 2017: Watch – KL Rahul Runs Out Kusal Mendis With a Brilliant Direct Throw

The Men in Blue yet again continued their dominance in the ODI series against Sri Lanka as for the first time in the series, they put up a massive score after batting first.

It was a brilliant batting display by the Indian batsmen especially Kohli and Rohit Sharma who ensured that India reached a huge score after winning the toss and batting first. Kohli toyed with the Sri Lankan bowling line-up and found the gaps on regular intervals.

He began with three successive boundaries of Vishwa Fernando through as many different directions in the ground to start his innings. It was just the start of something ominous. He peppered the gaps to perfection and never allowed the Sri Lankan bowlers to dictate terms.

Both were finding the gaps on regular intervals. Kohli completed his century off 75 deliveries and looked well set for much more. After making 131, Kohli went for another expansive extra cover drive of Malinga but was holed out in the covers. Rohit Sharma then completed his 13th century but departed soon after, as India were reduced to 267/5.

MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey batted reasonably from there on and ensured India reached 375 in their 50 overs. While Pandey reached his half-century on the final delivery, Dhoni remained stranded on 49. It was an exceptional display of batsmanship by the Men in Blue, and the chase will be a nut too hard to crack for the hosts.

Openers Niroshan Dickwella and Dilshan Munaweera walked out in the middle in pursuit of the huge victory target. The southpaw who has looked in good touch smashed a hat-trick of boundaries before handing Shardul Thakur his maiden ODI wicket.

Middle-order batsman Kusal Mendis walked out in the middle but before he could get going KL Rahul initiated a brilliant run-out. There was never a single in that and Mendis was sent back pretty late by his partner Dilshan Munaweera. It was a good length ball, and Munaweera defended it towards the point region.

Mendis was already half way down for the single before Munaweera put his hands up and refused. Rahul ran on to his right and received the ball at a good height and threw it after aiming at the bowler’s end. Mendis did not doubt himself that he was a goner as the talented batsman left the field before the 3rd umpire gave his decision.

Here’s the video of that run-out:

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