🏏 India tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd ODI, Colombo🏏 - Page 2

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#11

India, with a near full-strength squad, down 0-1 against Sri Lanka, trying to save a bilateral series? Not of lot of this has happened recently. India have been bilateral bullies. Home or away, they have always found a way to blast through the opposition in the last 6-7 years. But now, in Gautam Gambhir's just second series as head coach, India have been pushed to a corner, where they are on the brink of losing their first ODI series against Sri Lanka in 27 years??

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#12

Where did it all go wrong? Well, to start off, the batting. The great Indian batting, which has now time and again found itself at the receiving end of a surprise spin package. In both ODIs – the tied game in the first ODI and the 32-run defeat in the 2nd – India were blindsided by Sri Lankan spinners and endured a batting collapse. In the opener, chasing 231, India were 75/0 before wickets went down in a clutter; whereas in the next one, the start was even better – Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill putting on 97. But on both instances, once Rohit perished, the wheels came off. Even the experienced duo of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul had no answer to the barrage of spin threat thrown at India.

Which has led us to the decider. For Sri Lanka, this can be a huge shot in the arm. They have had a tough couple of years, needing to play the qualifiers to make it to the T20 World Cup and a poor 2023 World Cup campaign. What's worse is that they haven't even qualified for the next big ICC event – the Champions Trophy in 2025. And even more importantly, their record against India off late has been pretty much one-sided. One more win tonight can ease off all that pain and give the team and its interim coach Sanath Jayasuriya reasons to cheer. The fact that they have India onto the mat without the likes of Matheesha Pathirana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dilshan Madushanka and a couple more of their match-winners is an incredible achievement, nonetheless.

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Posted: 3 months ago
#13

A part of their poor batting could stem from the fact that a lot of them are coming from a break. In fact, for Kohli and Rahul this is their first ODI assignment since the 2023 World Cup, even though at the international level there is no excuse for it. In two matches, Kohli and Rahul haven't looked too convincing but didn't show any signs of rustiness either. But if India are to avoid this series defeat which is looming large, anything less than the form they displayed nine months ago is unacceptable.

India's shaky middle-order has raised questions. Mostly around Rahul's place as the wicket keeper batter in the side. There are chatters that India may bring Rishabh Pant in the Playing XI. Not sure how the team management under Gambhir operates but had this still been the Rahul Dravid era, Rahul would have gotten another chance. With GG though, you never know. With no Hardik Pandya, the lower middle order does appear a bit low on confidence. Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar aren't cutting an emphatic figure either. Will the captain and coach be tempted to give Riyan Parag a debut. A big-hitting batter, it was Parag's bowling that won India the last T20I. It's odd that he's been rested in a series where spin is dominating.

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#14

Below are a few pointers from the India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI:

- India stand one defeat away from losing their first bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka in27 years.

- Charith Asalanka has taken 10 wickets in the last five ODIs against India.

- Rohit Sharma did not take part in yesterday's optional training session.

- Rishabh Pant might replace KL Rahul in India's Playing XI.

- This is India's last ODI of the year.

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#15

13:30 Local Time, 08:00 GMT, 13:30 IST: Both the ODIs in this series have had a lot of similarities. Sri Lanka opting to bat, losing an early wicket to Siraj, struggling and losing a few wickets against spin, Wellalage and the lower-order bailing them out of trouble, Rohit off to a blazing fifty in the first powerplay, India crumbling against spin, Axar giving a fight with the bat and Asalanka picking wickets towards the end.

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#16

Riyan Parag receives his ODI cap from Virat Kohli.

Pitch Report | Russel Arnold: Dry pitch on once again. We will have a similar game. Fresh pitch though. The groundsman has used the scissors to take out any grass. More cracks visible. Along with the turn it, can spit at you. It can be little more challenging for the batsmen. You got to be boring to get the runs here.

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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#17

Again, SL won the toss and opted to bat first!!!!!

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Posted: 3 months ago
#18

thanks for the tag. All the best to the men in blue 🥰 🧿

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Posted: 3 months ago
#19

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Again, SL won the toss and opted to bat first!!!!!

hope today bowlers do better and batsmen are stronger smiley27
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India

Posted: 3 months ago
#20

Ind plz win this one 🙏🏻

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