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India won the T20 series against Sri Lanka but Team India could not defeat Sri Lanka in the ODI series. This happened when India was in full strength and Sri Lanka was less strong than them because many of their star players were out of the team due to injury. In such a situation, losing is not only sad but also raises many questions. Amidst the news of Team India's defeat in the ODI series, a big coincidence has happened with Virat Kohli. The incident was such that I remembered the incident that happened with Sachin Tendulkar 16 years ago.
'Coincidence' related to cricket keeps decreasing
What happened to Virat Kohli in Sri Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar had to go through similar situation 16 years ago. Now you must be thinking, what happened to Virat Kohli? And, what happened to Sachin Tendulkar in Sri Lanka 16 years ago? So his strings are connected to what happened to him on the cricket crease.
What happened with Sachin, the same happened with Virat as well
Now the question is what happened? First of all, let us know what happened to Sachin Tendulkar 16 years ago. In a bilateral series on the Sri Lanka tour in 2008, Sachin Tendulkar was out LBW in 3 consecutive innings. Now, 16 years later, Virat Kohli has also become a victim of a similar incident. Virat Kohli has been out LBW in all three innings of the bilateral ODI series that ended against Sri Lanka.
Virat got LBW in 3 consecutive innings in Sri Lanka
In the first ODI, Virat Kohli was out LBW by Wanindu Hasaranga. In that match, he faced 32 balls and scored 24 runs. After this, in the second ODI, Virat Kohli could score only 14 runs in 19 balls. This time he was out LBW on the ball of Vandersay. In the third and last ODI of the series, Virat Kohli scored 20 runs in 18 balls before being LBW on the ball of Dunit Velalage.
Virat scored only 58 runs in 3 ODIs
In the 3 ODIs against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli not only got LBW all three times but also failed to score many runs. Playing against Sri Lanka on their home ground, he scored only 58 runs in 3 ODIs at an average of 19.33. It is also worth noting that Virat got LBW off spinners in all three innings. Now after such a performance, expecting a win is meaningless.