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Team India is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka and after winning the three-match T20 series, it is now playing the ODI series there. But the fans are also surprised to see the poor performance of Team India in the ODI series. The first ODI ended in a win-win draw and the second ODI ended with a shameful defeat. On the other hand, after losing the T20 series, Sri Lanka has woken up and is trying to win the ODI series at any cost. For this, they have also prepared a strong plan to defeat Rohit's army and Team India currently seems to be completely trapped in this plan.
Whenever a bilateral series is played, the home team has the right to prepare the pitch of its choice. Something similar is being seen in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan coach Sanath Jayasuriya and captain Charith Asalanka also knew very well that in the current team, except Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, the rest of the batsmen cannot play well against spin.
Cheated?
It cannot be claimed that Sri Lanka itself had demanded a spin friendly pitch for the ODI series against India, but it cannot be ignored that the host team has got a huge advantage in the first two matches. Sri Lanka took full advantage of the conditions of its home ground and tried to force Team India with the weapon of spin. In the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka, Indian batsmen proved to be dwarfs in front of spinners. Dangerous batsmen like Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul fell to the Sri Lankan spinners. Rohit Sharma alone has shown in the ODI series so far that if you want to be successful in Sri Lanka and score runs and win matches, then you have to play aggressive and explosive cricket.
India got trapped in Sri Lanka's trick
Rohit Sharma scored 58 runs in 47 balls in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the Indian captain hit 7 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Rohit Sharma's fierce form was also seen in the second ODI. Rohit Sharma scored 64 runs in 44 balls in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma also hit 5 fours and 4 sixes in this innings. Sri Lankan coach Sanath Jayasuriya and captain Charith Asalanka knew that most Indian batsmen are dwarfs in front of spinners. Therefore, they made this weakness of Team India their weapon and prepared a brilliant strategy. In the first ODI match, Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and captain Charith Asalanka tied the match by bowling out the Indian team for 230 runs with their deadly spin bowling.
in the second ODI Defeat by Sri Lanka After this, Team India's problems did not reduce. Wanindu Hasranga was out of the series due to injury and Jeffrey Vandersay, who was included in the Sri Lankan team in his place, devastated the Indian batting order in the second ODI. Jeffrey Vandersay took 6 wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs in the second ODI and brought the Indian star batsmen to their knees. Team India's performance in the second ODI was very poor. Team India, adorned with star players like Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, was all out for just 208 runs and lost the match by 32 runs. While it had a target of only 241 runs to win.
Rohit Sharma also replied
Captain Rohit Sharma said after the match that Indian batsmen will have to adapt themselves according to the pitches here. Rohit Sharma said that you have to adapt yourself according to the pitch. With the combination of lefty and righty batsmen, we felt that it would be easy to rotate the strike rate. But Jeffrey deserves credit for taking six wickets. Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka said that I am happy with the score. 240 runs was a very good score. As a captain, I like such problems (many spin options). Vandersay's spell was excellent. Vandersay, who became the best player of the match, said that there was a lot of pressure on the team. I was returning after rest. It is easy to take credit. But I also want to give credit to the batsmen for scoring 240 runs.