AnyTV News IND vs SL: Lanka ended 27 years of drought, Team India set a series of shameful records

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India vs Sri Lanka ODI series

IND vs SL: Host Sri Lanka has created a new history by defeating India in the ODI series. Sri Lanka defeated India 2-0 in the 3-match ODI series. With this win, Sri Lanka has ended a 27-year drought. Sri Lanka has defeated India in an ODI series for the first time since 1997. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In response, the entire Indian team collapsed for 138 runs in 26.1 overs. Rohit Sharma played the highest innings of 35 runs for India. At the same time, Dunit Vellage took 5 wickets for Sri Lanka. In this way Vellage created a new record against India. Vellage has done the great feat of taking 5 wickets more than once in ODIs against India. Earlier, this bowler had taken 5 wickets against India in 2023.

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma has joined the shameful club as soon as he lost the series. In fact, Rohit has become only the third Indian captain to lose an ODI series against Sri Lanka. Before him, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar have this shameful record.

Indian captains who lost bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka

1993 – Mohammad Azharuddin

1997 – Sachin Tendulkar

2024- Rohit Sharma

India lost 27 wickets against spin in three matches. This is the first time in Men’s ODI history that India have lost more than 20 wickets against spin in a single series, including all global tournaments or bilateral series!