India and Sri Lanka, in the fourth ODI of the series played in Colombo, India won by 168 runs and took the lead in the five-match series 4-0. If India wins the last match, it will be the first time that India will gain the distinction of winning the series 5-0 on the Sri Lankan grounds and this will be the second time in the history of India’s one-day match when India’s five-match ODI series on the overseas field Will be able to clean sweep.
In 2013, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India defeated Zimbabwe 5-0 in a five-match series on their home ground. Apart from Virat Kohli, none of the captains could do this work. Winning the toss, Team India batted first and scored a huge score of 375 in 50 overs. The biggest thing is that this is India’s biggest score on Sri Lankan ground.
Kohli was successful in his test: Before yesterday’s match, in the last three matches, India captain Virat Kohli won every toss and won the match by deciding to bowl first. In the first match, Sri Lanka defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the second and three wickets in the third match by 6 wickets. During these three matches, India did not get the chance to pursue a bigger score. India’s target of 217 runs in the first match was 231 runs in the second match and 218 runs in the third match. But yesterday’s captain Virat Kohli decided to bat first before winning the toss and after one wicket fell, Captain Kohli and Rohit Sharma started playing fast. Kohli scored 131 runs in only 96 balls while Rohit Sharma scored 104 runs off 88 balls. Manish Pandey also played good batting from India, not out on 50 off 42 balls.
Dhoni’s amazing batting: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also batted well in tomorrow’s match. Dhoni, who faced 42 balls, remained unbeaten on 49 with the help of a six and four fours. In this series against Sri Lanka, Dhoni is batting brilliantly. The biggest thing is that Dhoni is not out in every match. Dhoni did not get the chance to bat in the first match of the series. In the second match, chasing 231, India lost seven wickets for 131 runs. Then Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared a 100-run partnership and India won the match by three wickets. Dhoni was unbeaten on 45 in this match while Bhuvneshwar Kumar played 53 innings innings. In the third match Dhoni also batted well and remained unbeaten on 67. India won the match by six wickets.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the world’s finest wicket-keeper batsman after the captaincy is over . In ODIs, Dhoni averages more than 52. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 9657 runs in overall 300 ODIs at an average of 52.20. Which includes 10 centuries and 65 half-centuries. Dhoni has been good in the form of a captain. As captain, Dhoni has scored 6633 runs at an average of 53.92 while playing 199 matches, while in the 101 matches as a non captain, he has scored 3024 runs at an average of 48.77. Mahendra Singh Dhoni left the captaincy of ODI and T20 in January 2017. After leaving the captaincy there was considerable pressure on Dhoni. To maintain his place in the team, Dhoni needed consistently good performance. Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina did not get a place in the team for the tour to Sri Lanka for poor performance.
In such a case, there is also a message for Dhoni that if he does not perform well then he can be out of the team but Dhoni’s performance after leaving the captain against Sri Lanka only has been good. After leaving the captaincy, Dhoni has played 17 matches so far. In 12 of these 17 matches, Dhoni has got the chance to bat and Dhoni has scored 546 runs from 91 average, including one century and four half-centuries. The biggest thing is that Dhoni is not out in six out of 12 matches.
