Internet Desk: India skipper Virat Kohli is enjoying his time in Sri Lanka by exploring the wildlife of the beautiful country.
Kohli posted an image on twitter with a caption, “Recent day out around these gentle giants! Such innocence and playfulness was blissful to see. ”
Recent day out around these gentle giants! Such innocence and playfulness was blissful to see. pic.twitter.com/zxXR5WQdqb
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 21, 2017
Anushka Sharma too posted an image from the same place on her Instagram account, which says,” A day spent with elephants … is a day spent well ! ”
The two were earlier also seen planting some saplings together at an event.
There are a lot of reasons for Kohli to be happy as he and his fellow teammate Shikhar Dhawan helped India to register a thumping 9-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI last night at the Dambulla International Stadium.
Star opener Shikhar Dhawan scored yet another ton and remained not out which marked his 11th ODI hundred as he piled up 132 runs in just 90 balls which consisted of 20 fours and 3 sixes. Accompanying Dhawan was skipper Virat Kohli who scored 82 from 70 balls. Rohit Sharma was the only batsman who was dismissed on 4 runs after he was sent back to the pavilion when was run out by Kapugedera.
Earlier after winning the toss India skipper Virat Kohli choose to bowl first. Openers Dickwella and Gunathilaka started well for the visitors as they shared a half century stand for the first wicket. Gunathilaka (35) got out on 74 from a beautiful delivery by young leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. At one stage Sri Lanka were 139 for 1 and everybody thought that they would post a big total on board, but thanks to Kedar’s golden arm the hosts got a crucial breakthrough in the form of Dickwella (64). After that the Sri Lankan batting line-up fell very quickly as they could only manage to score 77 runs before losing their last nine wickets. Among the bowlers Axar Patel was the most successful bowler as he took 3 wickets for 34 runs. On the other hand Jadhav, Chahal and Bumrah shared two wickets each.