IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma goes past Rahul Dravid for most ODI runs among Indian batters with 64 in 2nd ODI

India skipper Rohit Sharma went past former head coach Rahul Dravid for most ODI runs among Indian batter during the second match against Sri Lanka on Sunday (Aug 4).

Rohit scored 64 runs off 44 balls in a chase of 241 and now has 10,831 runs in ODIs while Dravid had retired with 10,768 runs. Rohit is now behind only Sachin Tendulkar (18,426), Virat Kohli (13,886) and Sourav Ganguly (11,221) for most ODIs runs by an Indian batter.

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Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision, however, was proved costly instantly as Mohammed Siraj struck with the first ball of the match. Siraj dismissed Pathum Nissanka caught behind and bowled a wicket-maiden over first up.

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Medal then added 74 runs for the second wicket before Washington Sundar dismissed both of them in space of five runs.

Axar Patel then joined the party with the wicket of Sadeera Samarawickrama on a team score of 111. Kuldeep Yadav was the next wicket taker and Sundar followed him with one of his own as Sri Lanka lost six of 136 in about 35 overs.

Dunith Wellalage and Kamindu Mendis then added 72 runs for the eighth wicket and took SL past 200 before Kuldeep sent back Wellalage in 47th over.

Kamindu Mendis and Akila Dananjaya played some strokes in the end overs, adding quickfire 31 runs in 3.4 overs as SL closed in on 250.

A couple of runouts in the last over, however, meant Sri Lanka scored 240/9 in their 50 overs.

Kamindu and Fernando top scored for the home team with 40 each, while Wellalage scored 39.

For India, Sundar finished with 3/30 in 10 overs, while Kuldeep took 2/33 in his 10. Apart from them, Siraj and Axar also took one wicket each.