Sri Lanka won the ODI series after 27 years

Sri Lanka created history by defeating India by 110 runs in the third ODI. With this, the team also achieved the feat of defeating India in the ODI series after 27 years. The team had last won the ODI series against India in 1997.

The biggest reason for India's defeat in the series was poor batting. Apart from this, the team was also defeated by too much experimentation and Sri Lanka's spin bowling. Team India has lost its first series under the leadership of coach Gautam Gambhir. Earlier, the team had defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20 series.

SRI LANKA vs INDIA 3rd ODI Match Summary

Detail	Information
Result	Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI
Historical Context	First ODI series win against India in 27 years (last in 1997)
India's Series Performance	Lost the series due to poor batting, excessive experimentation, and Sri Lanka's spin bowling
Coach	First series loss under coach Gautam Gambhir
Previous Series	India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20 series

Dunith Vellalaage, who was the player of the match, gave an all-round performance

In the ODI series, Sri Lanka Dunith Vellalaage outperformed Team India in both batting and bowling. In the third ODI too, Vellalaage turned the game around, he could score only 2 runs, but took 5 wickets by giving just 27 runs in bowling. He also took 7 wickets along with scoring 108 runs in the series. For this performance, he was selected as Player of the Match and Player of the Series.

Heroes of the victory were Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis and Jeffrey Vandersay

• Sri Lankan opener Avishka Fernando could not perform well in the first 2 ODIs. However, he made a comeback in the third match and scored 96 runs. Avishka first shared a partnership of 89 runs with Pathum Nissanka and then 82 runs with Kusal Mendis.

• Former Sri Lankan ODI captain Kusal Mendis shone in the third match. He shared a partnership of 82 runs with Avishka Fernando. Then he stayed till the end, scored a fifty and took the score close to 250. Mendis scored 59 runs.

• Jeffrey Vandersay, who took 6 wickets in the second ODI, took 2 wickets in the third match. He took the important wickets of Riyan Parag and Shivam Dubey. Both were taking the team towards victory by making partnerships in the lower order.

Riyan Parag Debut Performance

Detail	Performance
Bowling	Took 3 wickets: Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, and Dunith Vellalaage
Impact	Helped reduce Sri Lanka's scoring rate and controlled their total score

Riyan Parag made his debut for India, he showed fight in bowling and took 3 wickets. Sri Lanka was at one time looking close to a score of 300. Then Parag sent set batsman Avishka to the pavilion and the scoring rate decreased. Parag also took the wickets of Charith Asalanka and Dunith Vellalaage.

Sri Lanka had a very strong start

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat and the top order gave a strong start. The team lost only 2 wickets till the score of 171 runs. The team scored 248 runs without loss in 50 overs. India was all out after scoring 138 runs in 26.1 overs. Riyan Parag took 3 wickets for India.

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