Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI played on 7 August and won this spectacular series by 2-0. Sri Lankan players performed very well in this entire series. Not only this, Sri Lanka won the bilateral series against India after 27 years.

The best thing for Sri Lanka in this ODI series was that their spinners bowled very well and put pressure on the Indian team’s batsmen. India’s batsmen failed to make a mark in this series. The Sri Lankan team will be very happy with its performance. With this, today we tell you about three positive things that were seen in this historic ODI series win for Sri Lanka.

1- Strength in the top order

In this series, there was a lot of pressure on the top 3 batsmen of Sri Lanka because the team’s performance against the Indian bowlers has been very poor in the recent past. However, in this ODI series, the trio of Avishka Fernando, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis batted very well and did not lose their wickets quickly against the Indian bowlers.

In the first two ODIs, one of these three batsmen batted for about 20 to 25 overs and scored runs consistently for the team. In the third and final ODI, all three batsmen troubled the Indian team’s fast bowlers a lot. In the third ODI, Avishka Fernando played a match-winning innings of 96 runs while Kusal Mendis scored 59 runs. Pathum Nissanka played an innings of 45 runs.