India will square off against Sri Lanka in the third ODI at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday. India has come up with a disappointing performance with the bat as their middle order has failed to deliver in spin-friendly conditions.
The ODI World Cup runners-up could not chase down 241 runs in the second game after the opening game ended in a tie with both teams scoring 230. Rohit Sharma has been the standout batter for the visitors but he hasn’t got any support from the other end.
On the other hand, Jeffrey Vandersay was right on the money, accounting for India’s top six batters and returning with impressive figures of 6-33 in his quota of 10 overs in the second ODI.
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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma needs needs 169 runs to complete 11000 runs in ODI
Virat Kohli needs two fours to complete 1300 boundaries in the 50-overs format. The talisman also needs 114 runs to reach the 14000 run-mark in 50-over format. He will become the third batter after legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara to reach the milestone.
Rishabh Pant needs 10 fours to complete 100 boundaries in the format.
Shreyas Iyer needs 87 runs to complete 2500 runs in ODIs.
Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka needs 43 runs to complete 2000 runs in ODIs. The left-hander also needs seven sixes to complete 50 maximums in the format.
Chamika Karunaratne needs 49 runs to complete 500 runs in ODIs.
Sri Lanka ODI Squad: Charith Asalanka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Nishan Madushka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Mohammed Shiraz, Ehsan Malinga, Asitha Fernando.
ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
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