SL vs IND 3rd ODI: Sri Lanka completed a 2-0 series victory over India, defeating the visitors by 110 runs in the last ODI. Dunith Wellalage’s outstanding bowling effort, which saw him take five wickets, ended up being the difference between the two teams.
India’s pursuit was thwarted early on, with Wellalage spinning a web around the batting lineup. Even though Rohit Sharma got off to a bright start, the Indian batting crumbled as wickets went quickly. Washington Sundar put up a little fight, but not enough to save from a embarrasing loss.
Earlier, Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando laid the groundwork for Sri Lanka’s spirited 248/7 total. India’s debutant Riyan Parag made an instant impact taking 3 for 54. But Sri Lanka bounced back nicely to set up a formidable target.
With this win, Sri Lanka, who has never won an ODI match against India, has made a huge turnaround.
This series loss is not a good look for newly appointed Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir.
SL vs IND 3rd ODI: Full Scorecard
Sri Lanka (50 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | c †Pant b Patel | 45 | 65 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 69.23 | ||
| Avishka Fernando | lbw b Parag | 96 | 102 | 127 | 9 | 2 | 94.11 | ||
| Kusal Mendis † | c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav | 59 | 82 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 71.95 | ||
| Charith Asalanka (c) | lbw b Parag | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 | ||
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | lbw b Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Janith Liyanage | b Washington Sundar | 8 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Dunith Wellalage | b Parag | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Kamindu Mendis | not out | 23 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 121.05 | ||
| Maheesh Theekshana | not out | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 1) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 50 Ov (RR: 4.96) | 248/7 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Pathum Nissanka, 19.5 ov), 2-171 (Avishka Fernando, 35.3 ov), 3-183 (Charith Asalanka, 37.6 ov), 4-184 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 38.5 ov), 5-196 (Janith Liyanage, 42.4 ov), 6-199 (Dunith Wellalage, 43.3 ov), 7-235 (Kusal Mendis, 48.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 8.66 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Sundar | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3.62 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riyan Parag | 9 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 6.00 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
India (T: 249 runs from 50 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (c) | c †BKG Mendis b Wellalage | 35 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 175.00 | ||
| Shubman Gill | b AM Fernando | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| Virat Kohli | lbw b Wellalage | 20 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 111.11 | ||
| Rishabh Pant † | st †BKG Mendis b Theekshana | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | lbw b Wellalage | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 114.28 | ||
| Axar Patel | b Wellalage | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
| Riyan Parag | b Vandersay | 15 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 115.38 | ||
| Shivam Dube | lbw b Vandersay | 9 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 | ||
| Washington Sundar | c Vandersay b Theekshana | 30 | 25 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 120.00 | ||
| Kuldeep Yadav | lbw b Wellalage | 6 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Mohammed Siraj | not out | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 26.1 Ov (RR: 5.27) | 138 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Shubman Gill, 4.3 ov), 2-53 (Rohit Sharma, 7.1 ov), 3-63 (Rishabh Pant, 9.2 ov), 4-71 (Virat Kohli, 10.5 ov), 5-73 (Axar Patel, 12.1 ov), 6-82 (Shreyas Iyer, 12.5 ov), 7-100 (Riyan Parag, 15.6 ov), 8-101 (Shivam Dube, 17.3 ov), 9-138 (Washington Sundar, 25.6 ov), 10-138 (Kuldeep Yadav, 26.1 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asitha Fernando | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5.80 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.62 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunith Wellalage | 5.1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5.22 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 6.80 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charith Asalanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.66 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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