WATCH: Captain Rohit Sharma withdraws appeal after Mohammed Shami 'mankaded' Dasun Shanaka because....

Guwahati, Jan 11: India won the match against the first ODI match against Sri Lanka by 67 runs. Though the match was in favour of India, pacer Mohammed Shami on Tuesday ran out Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka at the non-striker's end, heating up the atmosphere with just less than a handful of balls left for the match's conclusion.

 

 

 

Shami did so during the final over of the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Guwahati. However, India captain Rohit Sharma withdrew the appeal to dismiss Dasun Shanaka despite the Sri Lankan captain being considerably outside of his crease at the non-striker's end and stated that he was unaware of pacer Mohammed Shami effecting the run-out.

 

 

This came as Shanaka was on 98 not out and was looking for a quick single to get back to the strike when Shami struck the bails off. The on-field umpire had already referred the decision to the third umpire when India skipper Rohit Sharma had a chat with the bowler and decided to withdraw the run-out appeal.

 

 

Shami informed the umpire about the withdrawal decision with a big smile, and Shanaka was visibly relieved as he was clearly out of the crease when the bails were struck off.

 

Speaking about the same, the Indian captain said, "I had no idea Shami had done that. When he went up in an appeal... Again, he [Shanaka] was batting on 98. The way he batted was brilliant. We got to give it to him. We cannot get him out like that. We wanted to get him out the way we thought we would get him out. But that was not something that we thought of. But again, hats off to him, he played really well."