Virat Kohli helps India sweep Sri Lanka in all formats

India rode on Virat Kohli’s 82 to beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the one-off T20 in Colombo. (AP)

Updated on: Sep 06, 2017 11:29 PM IST

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India rode on Virat Kohli’s 82 to beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the one-off T20 in Colombo. (AP)

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Start of play was delayed by 40 minutes due to rain but no overs were lost. (Twitter )

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Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bowl. (Twitter)

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Upul Tharanga pulled Bhuvneshwar Kumar to midwicket for four, but the seamer got one to swing to have the left-handed batsman bowled. (PTI)

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Yuzvendra Chahal (L) joined the party as Sri Lanka were three down in the first 10 overs. (AFP)

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Sri Lanka were then led by Dilshan Munaweera, who hit five fours and four sixes in his 53-run knock. (AP)

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Ashan Priyanjan (R) hit a 40-ball 40 as Sri Lanka scored 170/7. (AFP)

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Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets while Kuldeep Yadav scalped two. (PTI)

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In reply, India got off to a bad start as they lost Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul inside the powerplay. (REUTERS)

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Virat Kohli kept India’s chase on track with his excellent stroke-play. (REUTERS)

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Manish Pandey also piled on the runs and supported Kohli well. (REUTERS)

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The duo stitched together a 119-run stand before Kohli fell to Isuru Udana for 82. (REUTERS)

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Kohli hit seven fours and a six in his 54-ball knock. (PTI)

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Manish Pandey hit the winning four as India signed off the tour with a perfect 9-0 victory margin across all formats. (PTI)