Today, on 7th August, Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With this victory, Sri Lanka won the three-match ODI series 2-0. The performance of India’s batsmen was quite disappointing in this entire series. If we talk about Sri Lanka’s spinners, they left their mark in the ODI series.

In the third ODI, Avishka Fernando played a match-winning innings of 96 runs in 102 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes from Sri Lanka. He played a brilliant innings for his team by batting brilliantly against the Indian bowlers. Due to this innings, the Sri Lankan player was given the Player of the Match award.

While Avishka Fernando won the Player of the Match award in the third ODI, Dunith Wellalage won the Player of the Series award. Dunith Wellalage put pressure on the Indian team players not only with his batting but also with his bowling in this entire series. Let us tell you, Sri Lanka has defeated India in a bilateral series after 27 years.

Apart from Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis scored 59 runs for the hosts while Pathum Nissanka contributed 45 runs.

Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2-0

The Indian team, which came out to chase the target, was all out for 138 runs. For the Indian team, captain Rohit Sharma played an aggressive innings of 35 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six in 20 balls. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Washington Sundar contributed 30 runs. Virat Kohli scored 20 runs while Riyan Parag returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. Apart from these four batsmen, no other player could cross the 10-run mark.

For Sri Lanka, Dunith Wellalage took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 5.1 overs while Jeffrey Vandersay and Mahesh Theekshana took 2 wickets each. Asitha Fernando took one wicket.