Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI: India's poor performance has been seen so far in ODI matches against Sri Lanka and for the first time in 27 years, Team India is in danger of losing the series. The first match of the ODI series, which started on 2 August, was tied in a thrilling manner, while the second ODI of the series played on Sunday was lost by Team India by 32 runs. In this way, Sri Lanka has now gained a crucial lead of 1-0 in the series.

The third ODI match of this series is to be played on Wednesday, 7 August at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. If Team India loses this match, then it will have to lose the series as well. India made some big mistakes in the first two matches and the team will have to avoid repeating them. In this article, we are going to mention 3 such big mistakes, which Team India should not make in the third ODI.

3. Giving away runs in the final overs against the lower order

In both the matches of the ODI series against Sri Lanka, the Indian team bowlers have struggled against the lower order. In the first match, Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets at a score of 142, but then the Indian bowlers failed to dismiss the remaining batsmen and the team managed to reach a score of 230/8. The same story was seen in the second ODI as well. In the second match too, Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets at a score of 136, but then the lower order batsmen took the team to a score of 240. In such a situation, the Indian team will have to overcome this shortcoming.

2. No extra spin option

Sri Lanka took full advantage of their home conditions and kept 4-5 good spin options in the playing 11. On the other hand, Team India had Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar who were seen handling the front on most occasions. India has the option of Riyan Parag, who is known for spin bowling as well as hitting big shots. In such a situation, he should be given a chance in the playing 11 in place of Shivam Dubey.

1. Do not bat aggressively

So far in the first two ODIs of the series, apart from captain Rohit Sharma, most batsmen from India were seen playing with a very defensive approach, which did not prove to be good. Sri Lankan bowlers had to struggle in front of Rohit's aggressive batting, but he put full pressure on those batsmen who tried to escape. In such a situation, Indian batsmen should not be overly defensive.