Twitter reacts to India continuing their dominance against Sri Lanka at Colombo

The tale of the ongoing India’s tour to Sri Lanka has been largely one sided until now and it continued to follow the same pattern even in Colombo today. With the series sealed at 3-0, Virat Kohli went ahead with three changes to the side, testing their bench strength. As a result, Shardul Thakur made his debut for the country while Kuldeep Yadav and Manish Pandey made a comeback in the One Day attire.

For a change, the series saw India bat first after winning the toss. Shikhar Dhawan did not trouble the scorers much as he was dismissed in the second over of the innings. But then came Virat Kohli and changed the entire tempo of the game. Together with Rohit Sharma, they slammed 219 runs off just 168 to derail the Sri Lankan attack. Whenever the two bat together, they never make ugly runs and are a treat to the eyes.

Virat Kohli grabbed all the eyeballs as he brought up his 29th ODI ton as he smashed 131 off 96 balls at a strike rate of 136.5, scoring 17 boundaries and a couple of sixes. Rohit Sharma from the other end creamed 104 off just 88 balls at a strike rate of 118, slamming 11 fours and three maximums. Rohit brought up his 13th ODI ton in the process.

At one point of time, India was threatening to post a target of over 400 in front of the Lankans but quick wickets of Rohit Kohli, Pandya and Rahul pulled it back acutely for the hosts. Matthews chipped in with a couple of wickets during the phase.

However, Dhoni and Pandya delivered the knockout punch with their partnership of 101 off 74 balls at the death. Pandey brought up his half century off 42 balls, while MS Dhoni fell one run short of yet another half century in his career. Twitter went gaga looking at the Indians post a target of 376 by losing five wickets.

Here are some of the Tweets

MSD was on 25 from 30 when Munaweera dropped him.

24 from the next 12 balls for MSD#SLvInd #SLvsInd

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) August 31, 2017

Even in his 300th ODI, Dhoni comes in middle of a collapse. Such is the story of some legends. #SLvIND

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 31, 2017

Danny's intro Vs Dhoni's intro#Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/TXVfrktday

— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) August 31, 2017

Virat Kohli fell at 225 (29.3 overs), since then 285/4 in 41 overs. Familiar? #INDvsSL

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) August 31, 2017

Rohit goes for 104 – his lowest score to get out after completing the century. His last 10 ODI 100s were all 120+ runs. #SLvIND

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 31, 2017

Rohit hugs Malinga for getting to 300 wickets and then strikes him for a four. Sometimes cricket is just too adorable. #SLvIND

— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) August 31, 2017

Rohit Sharma hugged Malinga after he took wicket of Virat Kohli.

Mumbai Indians Conspiracy ?#IndvsSL

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) August 31, 2017

Lovely to see Hardik and Malinga chatting and smiling like they are having nets at the Wankhede.#SLvInd #Slvsind

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) August 31, 2017

Virat Kohli hits a century, calls it a tribute to Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim. #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/ze2HKcxTea

— Maithun (@Being_Humor) August 31, 2017

Sensational century by Kohli. Not a single shot was wrong. He is player of another level #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/5FeBkJdckw

— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ ??? (@BeingFlicked) August 31, 2017

2 double centuries?? Anyone?? ? #SLvInd #SLvsInd #IndvSL

— Monica (@monicas004) August 31, 2017

New 100₹ note picture leaked. #IndvsSL #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/QFUHlUNJyZ

— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) August 31, 2017

#IndvsSL
SL bowlers were smiling on shikhar's dissmisaal.
kohli : pic.twitter.com/K9mYZx2b3C

— A∂ιтιι? (@Sassy_Soul_) August 31, 2017

Kohli makes great pair with "Sharmas" ?#IndvsSL

— Drunk BATMAN (@Caped_Humor) August 31, 2017

#Dhoni missed his 100th 50 in International cricket by a run in his 300th game.
But, it really doesn't matter!
375 in 50 overs.#SLvIND

— Pavilion Talks (@PavilionTalks) August 31, 2017

Good hand by @im_manishpandey towards the end as he scores a brilliant fifty while @msdhoni remains not out on 49 runs. #SLvIND

— Debasis Sen (@debasissen) August 31, 2017

1 min silence for all those who thought India will score 400 & 2 mins silence for all those who think that SL will chase this score. #SLvIND

— Aldon Daniel (@ad_aldon) August 31, 2017

@msdhoni again at one end finishing off the inning in style! Laughable that people want him off the team! #SLvInd @SPN_Cricket

— Yeshu Aggarwal (@yeshu_a) August 31, 2017

#Dhoni300 #SLvIND #INDvSL

Manish Pandey has made a statement today for team management

Dare not drop me for your fav players

— Chandan (@sportsbloggerCK) August 31, 2017

#SLvIND Highest Score against Sri-lanka in Sri-lanka.

— Yohan ??? (@yohansyy) August 31, 2017

3 consecutive ? run partnership for @msdhoni

with @BhuviOfficial
With @ImRo45
With @im_manishpandey #SLvIND #Dhoni300

— srikrishna (@1998Srikrishna) August 31, 2017

Centuries by Kohli & @ImRo45 takes India to a record total in Colombo. Sri Lanka have a tough chase on their hands. #SLvIND https://t.co/71IlyyKzMp

— CEAT Cricket Rating (@CEAT_CCR) August 31, 2017

Dhoni now owns a new world record for the most not-outs in ODIs! #SLvIND #Dhonii300

— Japakan Makendran (@imjapakan) August 31, 2017

Most not outs in ODI's:

73 – Dhoni
72 – Pollock
72 – Vaas
67 – Bevan

World Record for Dhoni! #SLvIND #ViratKohli #virat

— Virat kohli #SLvIND (@CricInfoScore) August 31, 2017

Harsha Bhogle: Not quite the 400 that seemed likely but these are still too many to get. https://t.co/j3L5blOALR #SLvIND via @cricbuzz

— sumit saurav (@sumitsa51138372) August 31, 2017

Sadness Is MS Dhoni Missed His Fifty By Just 1 Run. MS Dhoni Appreciate Manish Pandey For His 50* . #SLvsInd #SLvIND #t pic.twitter.com/SNLEqL1dvE

— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadejaOfc) August 31, 2017

Fewest ODIs to 300 wickets:
171 Brett Lee
186 Waqar Younis
200 G McGrath
202 M Muralitharan
203 L MALINGA
208 Wasim Akram#SLvIND

— Induneshan sachu (@induneshan) August 31, 2017

This video is bliss for every indian cricket fan. The way other indian players are cheering 4 great man @msdhoni #SLvIND 4th ODI #Dhoni300 https://t.co/gSaKJeMM37

— MSDian (@Ayaan_Mohini) August 31, 2017