In the last match of the three-match series against hosts Sri Lanka, Team Rohit came to the field to draw the match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The hosts have set a target of 249 runs for India batting first. In comparison to the last two matches, this time the Sri Lankan openers gave their team a good start and added 89 runs for the first wicket. But while Pathum Nissanka (45) missed the half-century, Avishka Fernando (96) missed the century by just four runs. After their dismissal, Kusal Mendis (59) played a useful innings amid the fall of some wickets of the tail-enders at one end. In the lower order, Kamindu Mendis (23) also showed his skills, while Sri Lanka managed to reach 248 runs with 7 wickets in the quota. In the last ODI, Riyan Parag, who started his ODI career in place of Arshdeep, took three wickets, while Siraj, Patel, Sundar and Kuldeep got one wicket each.
Riyan Parag, who was making his ODI debut for India, used his spin magic and took three wickets!! Meanwhile, Avishka Fernando played a half-century of 96 runs for Sri Lanka!! On the basis of which Sri Lanka has set a target of 249 runs in front of India!! The host team, who came to bat first after winning the toss, started in a great way and both the opening batsmen together made an important partnership of 89 runs for the first wicket. In such a situation, Sri Lanka got the first blow in the form of Pathum Nissanka (45). After which Kusal Mendis, who came on the field, started scoring runs understanding the nature of the pitch.
On the other end, Avishka Fernando (96) batted in a rapid style and completed his half century in no time. In this way, there was a crucial partnership of 82 runs between the two for the second wicket. However, when Avishka was 4 runs away from his century, Riyan Parag, who came to bowl, got him out LBW and took the first wicket of his ODI career. Shortly after, Sri Lankan team captain Charith Aslanka (10) was also trapped in the web of Riyan Parag’s spin. In this way, Mohammad Siraj then gave the fourth blow to the Sri Lankan team by dismissing Sadeera Samarawickrama on zero.
In such a situation, the sequence of wickets falling continued and batsmen kept coming and kept losing their wickets in the attempt to hit big shots. At the same time, Kusal Mendis (40) batted sensibly till the end and slowly took the scoreboard forward and also completed his half-century. While giving him full support, Kamindu Mendis (23) also scored some valuable runs and took his team’s score to 248 runs.
