“I had no idea Shami had done that,” Rohit informed Star Sports after the sport. “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.”
Had Rohit not withdrawn Shami’s appeal, Shanaka would have been out, however the Sri Lankan captain was allowed to proceed his innings and went on to complete 108 not out off 88 balls. India ended up profitable the sport by 67 runs, after Virat Kohli’s 113 off 87 balls – his forty fifth ODI century – had powered the hosts to 373 for 7 in 50 overs.
After profitable the T20I sequence 2-1, India have taken a 1-0 lead within the three-match ODI sequence. The groups now journey to Kolkata for the second ODI at Eden Gardens on January 12.