IND vs SL: MS Dhoni might not be playing for Team India right now but his presence can still be felt through batsmen of the present era.

Not long ago, Hardik Pandya reminded us of MS Dhoni by playing a helicopter shot. Meanwhile, during the third ODI against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli launched an MS Dhoni-Esque helicopter shot at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.

The former Indian captain stepped down the track and executed a perfect shot off Sri Lanka’s right-arm paceman Kasun Rajitha during the third ball of the 44th over of India’s innings.

The video clip of the same has been circulated on social media portals. Soon after hitting the shot, Virat Kohli went up to the non-striker, Shreyas Iyer and said “Mahi shot”.

The video clip perfectly captured what the run-scoring machine told Shreyas Iyer in the first place. After hitting the 97m six, Kohli fist-bumped his partner Iyer at the other end and then yelled Mahi shot.

Virat Kohli was the star of the show during the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka. He scored runs at the rate of knots and tore Sri Lanka’s bowling unit apart with such ease.

IND vs SL: Virat Kohli Launches MS Dhoni-Esque Helicopter Shot And Shouts “Mahi Shot”

IND vs SL: Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 166 off 110 balls with the help of 13 fours and 8 hits over the fence at a strike rate of 150.91. It was also Kohli’s 46th ODI century in his career and his 74th century in international cricket.

Apart from him, Shubman Gill also played pretty well as he scored 116 off 97 balls. He constructed his innings with the help of 14 fours and 2 hits over the fence.

In the end, Team India posted 390 for the loss of five wickets in their quota of 50 overs. In response, Sri Lanka were bowled out for a mere 73 runs.

Team India won the game by a humongous margin of 317 runs and inflicted a 3-0 whitewash on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Earlier, India won the first ODI by 67 runs and the second ODI by 4 wickets. Kohli was named the player of the match and the series.

Playing XI: India vs Sri Lanka

India

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka

Avishka Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Ashen Bandara, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dunith Wellalage