Sri Lanka vs India 2017: 1st ODI, 5 talking points

#2 Kohli gets into the act

There was no stopping the Indian captain tonight

Perhaps he was confident that the others could east past the Lankans in the Tests. Or perhaps he was giving a chance for the others to hog the limelight. But ODIs are his ball game and Kohli is at his authoritative best in this format. If Lanka had knocked him over for a duck the last time these two teams met, he avenged the dismissal shot after shot.

The manner in which he paces his innings is something which has long been talked about. He emboldened it and then put an underline beneath it tonight with his perfectly timed knock and even better timed shots.

While Dhawan was all over the host's bowling attack, Kohli resorted to milking the bowlers while stealing the odd boundary on offer. As India chased down the target in no time, Kohli deserves appreciation for playing a shadow role to Shikhar Dhawan and finishing on an unbeaten 82.