WATCH | When MS Dhoni let Virat Kohli score the winning runs

It was not surprising to see Mahendra Singh Dhoni remain unbeaten at the end when India defeated Sri Lanka in the fifth match to complete a whitewash in the ODI series. Undoubtedly, he is the best finisher in the game.   

However, it was surprising to see when the best finisher did not take the chance to finish yet another game but let captain Virat Kohli do the honours. 

India needed just 2 runs to win and with Dhoni at strike it looked like he was going to finish it there and now. But instead he took a single and let Kohli score the winning runs in Colombo on Sunday.

Dhoni took a single off the first ball he faced and got Kohli on strike. Kohli had already scored his 30th ODI century and was batting on 109. Kohli also sensed while taking the single that Dhoni has done this on purpose to let him score the winning runs. 

Dhoni gave Kohli a smile as he strolled towards the non-striker's end. Kohli also acknowledged with a smile of his own. He then took a single and won the match with 21 balls to spare.

Ek bar fir @msdhoni se sabit ki apni mhanta, @imVkohli ko dia winning shot khelne ka mauka pic.twitter.com/WjNuGTf90R — Tripathi Vinay (@eevinay) September 3, 2017

Kohli played the match-winning knock of 110 from 116 balls helping India whitewash the ODI series for the first time against Sri Lanka at their home soil.

With his 30th ODI hundred he also equaled former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting’s 30 ODI centuries. The Indian skipper was also able to equal the record of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar of hitting the most number of centuries against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni clinched the record for most unbeaten ODI innings in this series. It was also the series where he completed 100 ODI stumpings (another world record) and played his 300th ODI.