India captain Rohit Sharma asserted that the team wasn't complacent in their ODI series loss against Sri Lanka and gave them due credit for their historic series win in Colombo.
The story was the same for Indian batters throughout the ODI series, as they fell short against Sri Lanka spinners while chasing a target between 240-250 runs.
Ahead of India's third ODI agaisnt Sri Lanka, all-rounder, Washington Sundar revealed that head coach Gautam Gambhir has given a lot of inputs to deal with Sri Lanka's spin bowling attack.
Jeffrey Vandersay weaved magic, left India batters speechless and handed Sri Lanka a 1-0 lead in the series following their 32-run triumph in the second ODI on Sunday at the R Premadasa Stadium.
Jeffrey Vandersay weaved magic, left India batters speechless and handed Sri Lanka a 1-0 lead in the series following their 32-run triumph in the second ODI on Sunday at the R Premadasa Stadium.
The spin trio of Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, and Kuldeep Yadav displayed a stunning performance to restrict Sri Lanka to 240/9 in the second ODI match of the series at R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
In the match, during a run-chase of 231 runs, Rohit unleashed a fiery assault on Lankan bowlers during the powerplay, scoring 58 in 47 balls, with seven fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 123.40.
Dunith Wellalage and Pathum Nissanka displayed a stunning performance and powered Sri Lanka to 230/8 against India in the first ODI match of the series at R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.
A fine exhibition of death bowling by the trio of Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya and stupendous knocks by Virat Kohli and Axar Patel helped India end their ICC trophy drought, securing their second ICC T20 World Cup title by beating first-time finalists South Africa by s