When Sri Lankan bowlers bowed their knees in front of Rohit, Hitman scored 118 runs in 43 balls

T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from 24 February. Team India will play its first match in Lucknow under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. If we look at the records of the matches played between these two teams so far, then India’s upper hand is seen in this. Captain Rohit had scored 118 runs in just 43 balls against this team. This historic innings of Rohit is still remembered by his fans.

Year 2017. India tour of Sri Lanka. Here the T20 series was to be played between the two teams. The second match of the series was played on 22 December in Indore. Batting first, the Indian team scored 260 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Sri Lankan team was reduced to 172 runs and lost the match by 88 runs. It was one of the important victories in India’s T20 cricket.

Interestingly, Rohit Sharma was captaining the Indian team in this series. Regular captain Virat Kohli was not a part of this series due to some reason. Rohit came to open with KL Rahul in this match. Rohit scored 118 runs off 43 balls. During this he hit 12 fours and 10 sixes. Sri Lankan bowlers had knelt in front of Rohit’s fiery innings.

Along with Rohit, Rahul also played a strong innings. He scored 89 runs off 49 balls. Rahul hit 8 sixes and 5 fours in this innings. The Sri Lankan team, which came out chasing the target given by India, also batted well. But the whole team was all out for 172 runs. Kusal Perera scored 77 runs in 37 balls for Sri Lanka. While Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 and Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets for India.

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