Due to these 3 stupidities of Gambhir, India lost the ODI series, Team India lost by 110 runs in the third match, while Sri Lanka won the trophy after 27 years

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|07-08-2024

SL vs IND: The third match of the 3 ODI series between Sri Lanka and India was played at the Colombo ground. In this match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Sri Lanka managed to score 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs.

In response to which, Team India could score only 138 runs and lost the match by 110 runs. At the same time, Sri Lanka performed brilliantly and succeeded in winning the series 2-0. Let's see the match highlights of this match…….

SL vs IND Match Highlights:

Due to these 3 stupidities of Gambhir, India lost the ODI series, Team India lost by 110 runs in the third match, while Sri Lanka won the trophy after 27 years 1

Sri Lanka innings (1-10 overs)

Nisanka hit 2 fours in the very first over of Mohammed Siraj.

Sri Lanka's opening batsmen gave a steady start to the team.
Siraj was expensive in the powerplay.
Shivam Dubey gave only 9 runs in 4 overs.
Sri Lanka scored 41/0 runs in the first 10 overs.

Condition of 11 to 35 overs

Sri Lanka completed 50 runs in 10.4 overs.
Sundar bowled his first over maiden.
Nissanka and Fernando added 89 for the first wicket.
Nissanka was dismissed by Axar Patel after scoring 45 runs.
Fernando scored his half century in 65 balls.
Fernando hit 2 sixes and 1 four in Siraj's over.
Sri Lanka scored 165/1 runs in 35 overs.

Condition of 36 to 50 overs

Riyan Parag took a big wicket in his very first match.
Fernando was out after scoring 96 runs, LBW out by Riyan Parag.
Captain Aslanka was also out on the ball of Riyan Parag.
Siraj dismissed Samarawickrama.
Vellalage was bowled by Riyan Parag.
Kusal Mendis scored a half century.
Mendis was out after scoring 59 runs.
Sri Lanka scored 248 runs in 50 overs.
Riyan Parag took 3 wickets in his debut match.

India's innings status (1-10 overs)

Rohit Sharma made a blazing start to the innings.

Rohit scored 18 runs in the third over.
Fernando bowls out Shubhman Gill.
Kohli started his innings with a four.
Kohli hit two consecutive fours in Fernando's over.
Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Vellalage.
Captain Rohit Sharma scored 35 runs in 20 balls.
Pant hit a four on his very first ball.
Pant was out after scoring just 6 runs.
India scored 67/3 runs in the first 10 overs.

India got defeated

Kohli was dismissed by Vellalage.
Kohli scored 20 runs in 18 balls.
Akshar Patel also became the victim of Vellalage.
Riyan Parag hit a four on the very first ball.
Iyer was also out after scoring just 8 runs.
Riyan Parag could score only 15 runs in his debut match.
Sundar scored 18 runs in Vandersay's over.
Sundar was out after scoring 30 runs in 25 balls.
Team India lost by 110 runs.

These decisions of Gambhir proved costly

As a head coach, Gautam Gambhir has made many big mistakes in this series. The first of which is that he changed the batting order of the batsmen in all the matches. Apart from this, despite poor performance, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj got a chance in the playing 11. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh, who was in great form in the third match, was not given a chance in the playing 11. Sri Lanka has won the ODI series from India after 27 years.

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