NEW DELHI: As opener Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli laid an attractive 189-run stand to help India recover from early Rohit Sharma blow against Sri Lanka, both the batters dealt severely with the Lankan bowlers at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
As Gill and Kohli dealt in boundaries in a counter-attacking strategy, both delighted the jam-packed stadium and provided India with a solid platform.
And amid the flowing boundaries there was one shot in particular from young Gill that even left Kohli astonished.
One of Gill boundaries came through a ferocious slap to the extra-cover fence in the 16th over from Dilshan Madushanka. It was a back of length delivery from Madushanka and the 24-year-old casually walked down the pitch, backed away and then thumped the drive to the extra-cover region as the ball raced to the fence.
The power and the pace with which it went to the boundary even left Kohli in disbelief.
Both the batters however missed out on their respective centuries. While Gill was dismissed for 92, Kohli fell for 88. Both the India batters were dismissed by Dilshan Madushanka in the 30th and 32nd over respectively.
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