Kohli ton leads India to series whitewash over Sri Lanka

Skipper Virat Kohli scored his 30th one-day international century to lead India to victory in the fifth and final one-day match on Sunday as the visitors won by six wickets to complete a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka in Colombo. Sri Lanka elected to bat and were going steady at 185-4, with Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne notching up half-centuries, but they collapsed in the final 11 overs as they lost six wickets for 53 runs. Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was named man of the match, marked his maiden ODI five-wicket haul as powerful performances from him and spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah limited the hosts to 238 all out. India's opening batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma fell early to leave India at 29-2 but impressive play from Kohli, who scored 110 off 116 balls, and Kedar Jadhav, who scored 63 off 73 balls, led them to victory. Kohli's second consecutive century of the series moved him level with former Australian captain Ricky Ponting for the most ODI centuries. The duo are joint second with 30 centuries each while Indian ace Sachin Tendulkar holds the record with 49.

Virat Kohli moves level with Ricky Ponting! #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/xzDtIZvUwl

— ICC (@ICC) September 3, 2017

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper to collect 100 ODI stumpings, surpassing Sri Lanka's retired captain Kumar Sangakkara. India whitewashed the hosts 3-0 in the preceding test series, prompting the entire selection panel to resign. Sri Lanka's 2019 World Cup participation is now uncertain as they failed to get the number of victories required for automatic qualification.

Will Virat Kohli overtake @sachin_rt's record of 49 ODI hundreds?https://t.co/L3E5yeqQys #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/89IubRb7y9 — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 4, 2017

The two teams will play a Twenty20 international on Wednesday at the same venue. Brief Score: India 239 for 4 (Kohli 110*, Jadhav 63) beat Sri Lanka 238 (Thirimanne 67, Mathews 55, Tharanga 48, Bhuvneshwar 5-42) by six wickets