India continues to dominate the opponent as it posts a mammoth score of 357/8 in 50 overs against Sri Lanka in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Monday. The Indian innings were helped by the big fifties from Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli. However both the batters missed respective centuries. Shreyas Iyer also scored a commanding half-century. Shubman, Virat miss hundred markIndian cricket fans faced heartbreak as King Kohli missed out on his century yet again as he was dismissed at 88. In the previous encounter, Virat Kohli missed out on his century against the arch-rivals New Zealand by just 5 runs. Shubman Gill - 92(92)Virat Kohli - 88(94)Shreyas Iyer - 82(56)Three hundreds missed by Indian batters today in Wankhede. pic.twitter.com/6eDJVXrbCp— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 2, 2023Earlier in the innings, Sri Lankas skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and invited Rohits men to bat first. India entered the game without any changes in the playing XI. While Sri Lanka made one change as Dushan Hemantha replaced allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva.Sri Lankas speedster Dilshan Madushanka dismissed Indias skipper Rohit Sharma in the very first over of the innings. Virat Kohli combined with Shubman Gill to add a huge 189-run partnership off 179 deliveries taking the teams total over 190 mark in 29 overs.Madushankas fiery spellFurther, Dilshan Madushanka injected two quick blows to Men in India restricting the pair from scoring respective centuries. Shubman Gill scored 92 runs off 92 deliveries including 11 boundaries and 2 maximums while Virat Kohli scored 88 runs off 94 deliveries including 11 boundaries. Furthermore, he dismissed KL Suryakumar Yadav while KL Rahul was dismissed by Dushmantha Chameera.Dilshan Madushanka on fire! 🔥 Five-wicket haul and now the leading wicket-taker of #CWC23! #SLvIND #LankanLions pic.twitter.com/6Lk0gae3PR— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) November 2, 2023Dilshan Madushanka was the only bowler who created trouble for Indian batters by clinching 5 wicket haul. He dismissed the dangerous batter Shreyas Iyer. However, he conceded 77 runs in his spell.Shreyas plays a blinderShreyas Iyer played a blitzing knock at the back end of the innings by scoring 82 runs in just 56 deliveries. He smashed three boundaries and 6 maximums during his stay. Ravindra Jadeja played a cameo at the end of the innings by scoring 35 runs off 24 deliveries. Jadeja and Mohammed Shami were run out in order to increase the strike rate. India posted a mammoth 357/8 overs in 50 overs.
