Sri Lanka national cricket team player Pathum Nissanka took an absolutely stupendous catch to end Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma’s magnificent innings in the second ODI of the three-match series.

The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the second match of the series between the Indian national cricket team led by Rohit Sharma and the Sri Lanka national cricket team led by Charith Asalanka.

The Men in Blue came into the clash after displaying a poor batting performance in the first match of the series which resulted in a draw. The result of the match was a huge setback for the visitors and came as a surprise to many fans as India was clearly the favourite to win the opening match and was on a roll, considering the strong line-up they had.

The Indian bowlers did well to restrict the opposition to 230/8 and Rohit Sharma’s aggressive batting performance at the start of the innings made things look quite easy for the visitors. At 75/0, India were on their way to victory but after a great start, they batted well at some stretches and failed to build good partnerships.

The biggest problem for India was that they lost two wickets in consecutive overs twice, which completely derailed the momentum. Despite Shivam Dube playing a good knock at the end, India were bowled out for 230 when Dube, along with Arshdeep Singh, got out in consecutive deliveries. Indian pacer Arshdeep came under heavy criticism for trying to hit a boundary when 1 run was needed and there were more than 2 overs remaining.

Coming back to the second ODI between the Rohit Sharma-led team and the Charith Asalanka-led team, the home team won the toss and elected to bat first. After a great contribution from almost all the batsmen, Sri Lanka managed to score 240/9.

Watch: Rohit Sharma’s stunning innings brought to an end by Pathum Nissanka

The chase was expected to be tough considering the conditions of the match, but Rohit Sharma completely decimated the Sri Lankan bowling unit with his aggressive play and made batting look very easy.

The Indian captain executed shots effortlessly and was a success. Rohit Sharma’s innings finally came to an end in the 14th over of the innings.

On the third ball of the over, Jeffrey Vandersay bowled an 82 kmph ball towards Rohit Sharma, which went close to the leg stump. The Indian captain reversed his stance and tried to smash the ball over point.

However, he failed to make a good connection and only managed to hit the ball off the top edge. As the ball rose into the air, two fielders from the cover point and the back point ran to catch it. However, Pathum Nissanka was the first to reach near the ball and dived in to complete a sensational catch. Rohit Sharma finished his innings with 64 runs off 44 balls, with 5 fours and 4 sixes.

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