Wellalage took 5 wickets for 40 runs, aiding Sri Lanka in limiting India to 213 in Colombo on Tuesday.
Wellalage additionally dismissed Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul aside from Kohli and Rohit.
“For me, Virat Kohli is the No. 1 batsman. I’m very comfortable to have gotten these two (Kohli and Rohit) huge wickets. I belief my fundamentals, and belief myself,” mentioned Wellalage within the post-match press meet.
The 20-year-old claimed he was going up towards some seasoned batters and was trying to bowl a wicket-to-wicket line.
“The batters have been set and India had received off to a superb begin. I simply tried to bowl wicket to wicket. As soon as we received these three wickets in three overs, we have been capable of put India below stress.
“There was flip and once you put the ball in the correct space, you might unsettle the batsmen. However I’d have been happier with a win,” mentioned Wellalage.
Sri Lanka might solely muster 172 regardless of holding India to 213 runs, dropping the sport by 41 runs.
Later, Wellalage additionally impressed along with his batting, scoring 42 runs off of 46 balls.
The left-handed hitter and Dhananjaya de Silva added 63 runs collectively for the seventh wicket, restoring Sri Lanka’s probabilities of profitable.
“I simply tried to assist him. We did not wish to take any dangers. His plan was to try to get nearer to India’s whole,” he mentioned.
Thursday’s digital knockout match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will decide who advances to the ultimate match towards India on September 17.
Wellalage hoped his crew would advance to the championship sport.
“Now we have performed 4 matches up to now and we’re comfortable that we now have received three of them. The bigger image is that we now have received another sport remaining.
“We nonetheless have an opportunity to make it to the finals, and hopefully we are going to pull it off,” he added.
(With PTI inputs)
