SL VS IND, 3RD ODI

Sri Lanka overcome late stutter to clinch victory

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Sri Lanka gained crucial points in the World Cup Super League
Sri Lanka gained crucial points in the World Cup Super League © AFP

A spirited comeback with the ball - powered by Praveen Jayawickrama and Akila Dananjaya (two of three changes in the Sri Lanka XI) - was followed by a century partnership between Avishka Fernando (76) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (65) as Sri Lanka won the final ODI against India by three wickets. This was Sri Lanka's second win in 11 completed ODIs in 2021 as they gained crucial World Cup Super League points and ended an ODI losing streak at home against India that started in July 2012.

India's innings was a tale of two halves - a productive one before a rain interruption (which reduced the game to 47 overs) and a rather glum one after that. The visitors were in a strong position having managed 147 for 3 in 23 overs when rain forced the players off the field. When they returned after a break of more than an hour and a half, they lost their middle order in quick succession and could add only 78 runs, losing seven wickets and not batting their quota overs as three batsmen were dismissed in the 40s.

India made as many as six changes to their line-up, which included maiden ODI caps to five players - Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar and Chetan Sakariya. They had also lengthened their batting at the expense of a frontline bowling option and went in with a bowling attack that didn't feature anyone from the previous game barring Hardik Pandya. The inexperienced bowling attack, however, didn't pose much of a challenge to the Sri Lankan batsmen until Rahul Chahar's burst late in the second innings. The hosts got over the line with 8 overs to spare for a consolation win with India having already clinched their ninth successive bilateral ODI series victory against Sri Lanka.

Fernando batted in a positive manner to help Sri Lanka off to a steady start in the chase, striking a four through cover off Sakariya, whipping a Navdeep Saini delivery over the fine-leg fence before swivelling into a pull off Gowtham for a boundary. Minod Bhanuka was watchful at the other end before sweeping a Gowtham delivery straight to Sakariya at square leg. Despite the wicket, it was a decent first powerplay for Sri Lanka as Rajapaksa assisted Fernando in building a steady partnership. Rajapaksa scored the majority of the boundaries in the second wicket association while Fernando employed a measured approach as they scored at a good rate and kept their team on track.

With Pandya and Nitish Rana having to handle the fifth bowler's responsibilities and the pitch not offering much help, India's bowling inadequacies came to the fore as Fernando and Rajapaksa registered half-centuries - the former took 53 deliveries for his milestone while the latter got to his maiden ODI fifty off 42 balls. Rajapaksa also had some luck going his way as Dhawan and Sakariya put down tough chances while Sakariya himself was unlucky as Rana put down a sitter in the deep to give the No. 3 another reprieve. But he finally picked up his maiden ODI wicket when Rajapaksa saw Gowtham cover good ground to take a catch at fine leg. With a back-of-the-hand delivery that had some extra bounce, Sakariya also picked up the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva as he tried to revive India's fortunes.

Sri Lanka came back on track in the chase after the slight derailment caused by Sakariya's strikes, as Charith Asalanka assisted Fernando in a 43-run stand for the fourth wicket. The partnership, however, came to an end when Asalanka didn't read a slower delivery from Pandya and was trapped in front. Dasun Shanaka fell when he tried to check a drive off Chahar, who was unlucky not to pick the wicket of Ramesh Mendis as Prithvi Shaw put down a catch at slip. Shaw made up by taking the catch of Fernando off Chahar, who also had Karunaratne stumped thanks to sharp glovework from Samson. But those strikes came a bit too late as Sri Lanka overcame the stutter to get home to a revised target of 227.

Earlier, Samson was the first debutant in action, coming in one drop after Dhawan was caught behind off Dushmantha Chameera. Samson was initially happy to feed the strike to Shaw as he watched the opener punch some crisply timed strokes to the boundary. Samson's first four came off a top-edge to third man, while he struck the first six of the match by going straight over Dananjaya's head. Boundaries were a regular feature in the Shaw-Samson stand, as were singles and twos, as the first wicket pair built a positive partnership. However, Shaw fell one short of a half-century when he shuffled across to a Shanaka delivery and was trapped leg-before. Samson looked good for a big score but was dismissed for 46 when a half-hearted attempt to go inside-out against Jayawickrama caused his downfall.

Suryakumar had a busy start, dealing in boundaries and he also used a review to survive. He was involved in a promising partnership with Manish Pandey but the rain break that ensued perhaps affected India's momentum as they lost wickets in a heap. Pandey was lured into a drive while Hardik Pandya was pinned on the crease, with Jayawickrama bagging both wickets. Suryakumar was sent back leg-before by Dananjaya, who also accounted for K Gowtham (LBW off a full toss) and Nitish Rana (caught behind to a widish delivery) in the same over as India lost five wickets for the addition of 48 runs in the 10 overs that followed the rain break. Wickets meant that the boundaries dried up, with India's last four of the innings coming off the last ball of the 29th over. A watchful 29-run stand between Saini and Chahar got India to 225, which was insufficient in the end.

Brief scores: India 225 in 43.1 overs (Prithvi Shaw 49, Sanju Samson 46; Akila Dananjaya 3-44, Praveen Jayawickrama 3-59) lost to Sri Lanka 227/7 in 39 overs (Avishka Fernando 76, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 65; Rahul Chahar 3-54, Chetan Sakariya 2-34) by 3 wickets.

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