Colombo:  After 27 years, India lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka beat India in an ODI series after 27 years, Photo: Cricinfo

The visiting team India has suffered a very bad defeat on the tour of the hosts Sri Lanka. Hosts Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI. After Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, the visiting Indian team arrived in Sri Lanka with great enthusiasm with their new coach. And India also won the T20 series from Sri Lanka. But after the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ODI series, India suffered a humiliating defeat, which is going to hurt Team India for a long time. Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2-0. While the first match was a draw, the Sri Lankan team has beaten the Indians in an ODI series for the first time since 1997.

The third ODI match was played between the visiting team India and the host Sri Lanka on Wednesday. India trailed the series 0-1 after two matches. So the third match was win or lose. It was very important for the visiting team India to win this match to save the series. On the other hand, it was a very important match for Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka had not won an ODI series against India for a long time. But the Indian team surrendered in a way that no one could have imagined that a team with great players would play like this. In this match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 248 runs for 7 wickets. Chasing a target of 249 runs, the Indian team was bowled out for 138 runs in the 27th over.

Finally after 27 years, Sri Lanka defeated India at home ground

Chasing a target of 249 runs, the Indian team got off to a very poor start. Opener Shubman Gill was dismissed after scoring 6 runs. Rohit Sharma (35) and Virat Kohli (20) tried to take control of the innings, but failed. Both the batsmen could not convert a good start into a big innings. After both of them got out, only Ayaram Gayaram was seen. Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 6 runs, Shrees Iyer was out after scoring 8 runs, Akshar Patel was out after scoring 2 runs and Shivam Dubey was out after scoring 9 runs.

Washington Sunder scored 30 runs and Ryan Prague scored 15 runs while playing the debut match. Kuldeep Yadav was dismissed after scoring six runs. Overall, there was no Indian batsman who was able to stay on the wicket. As a result, the Indian team was all out for 138 runs in 26.1 overs.