Dhoni's 'sleepy' response to unruly crowd at Kandy

India have now taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. (Photo: AP)

Away from all this, The Indian pair of Rohit and Dhoni, having already added 149 runs for the fifth wicket, decided to sit down in the middle untill the matter settled down. (Photo: AP)

Taking the relaxation period a step further, former India captain MS Dhoni decided to take an evening nap right in the middle of all the pandemonium.

Dhoni’s ubber cool nap attracted a lot of attention and took the social media by storm.

Some even made memes to describe Dhoni’s action.

Some where as hilarious as this one.

The players however made their way back to the centre after a delay of 35 minutes. The grass embankments surrounding the ground, from where the bottle hiurling started was cleared and it took just 7 more deliveries for India get the remaining 8 runs.(Photo: AP)

The scenes were reminiscent of 1996 World Cup semifinals at the Eden Gardens where India had to forefeit the match against Sri Lanka following crowd trouble.

India were 210 for four after 44 overs, needing another eight runs to win, when a section of crowd at Pallekele started hurling water bottles at the ground, prompting the umpires to stop the proceedings. (Photo: AP)

The bottle hurling continued for about 15 minutes, forcing Sri Lankan fielders to come up from the boundary and wait around the pitch along with Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. (Photo: AP)

Rohit Sharma was batting on 122 and M S Dhoni on 61 when play was halted. (Photo: AP)

Security forces were called to take the situation under control. (Photo: AP)

The players were forced to leave the field after waiting for about 20 mintues and it even caused confusion whether the match had been called off. (Photo: AP)

After 3 Test matches, 2 ODIs and 44 overs into the third one, the Sri Lankan spectators gave in. They chose a rather unruly and iladvised way to vent out their anger on the meak surrenders of their beloved cricket team. (Photo: AP)