India vs Sri Lanka 2023

'That's my captain' - Fans laud Rohit Sharma for withdrawing appeal for non strikers run out of Dasun Shanaka in 1st ODI

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami run out Dasun Shanaka at non striker's end but Rohit Sharma withdrew the appeal.

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Ever since the non-striker’s run out has been legitimised by the apex cricket body, it has become the talking point in the entire cricketing fraternity. There’s a huge debate on whether the dismissal is within the spirit of the game. The debate was once again sparked on Tuesday during the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Guwahati. Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami dislodged the bails in his delivery stride during the final over of the match as he found the Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka, who was on 98, out of his crease.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma, however, withdrew the appeal as everyone was seen having a laugh about the incident. Shanaka smashed a boundary on the last-second last ball of the match and reached his hundred. He further smashed a six on the last delivery and remained unbeaten on 108 off 88 balls.

Watch the incident here:

When asked about the incident in the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit lauded his Sri Lankan counterpart for playing a valiant knock."I had no idea Shami had done that. When he went up in an appeal. Again, he (Shanaka) is batting on 98. The way he batted was brilliant. We got to give it to him. We cannot get him out like that. We wanted to get him out the way we thought we would get him out. But that was not something that we thought of. But again, hats off to him, he played really well," Rohit said.

Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive hundred in ODIs

Coming back to the match, after being put in to bat India posted a massive 373/7 on the board. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a terrific start to the Indian innings adding 143 runs for the first wicket. Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive ODI hundred as he played a magnificent knock of 113 off 87 balls. Rohit scored 83 off 67 and Gill clobbered 70 0ff 60.

In reply, Sri Lanka lost three wickets early in their innings. However, opener Pathum Nissanka played a brilliant knock of 72 off 80 balls. Captain Shanaka didn’t get any support from other batters and scored a valiant hundred in a losing cause as India won the match by 67 runs. Virat Kohli was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ for his scintillating hundred.

After leading the series 1-0, India will look to take an unassailable lead in the second ODI on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Twitter was abuzz with reactions on Dasun Shanaka’s runout. Here are some of the reactions:

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