They won the T20 series. But Team India could not beat Sri Lanka in the ODI series. This happened when India was in full strength and Sri Lanka was less strong than them because many of its famous players were out of the team due to injury. In such a situation, losing not only hurts but also raises many questions. Amidst the news of Team India's defeat in the ODI series, a big accident happened with Virat Kohli. The accident was such that it reminded us of the incident that happened with Sachin Tendulkar 16 years ago.

'Accident' is related to the cricket crease

Actually, what happened with Virat Kohli in Sri Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar had to go through the same situation 16 years ago. Now you must be wondering what exactly happened with Virat Kohli? And, what happened with Sachin Tendulkar in Sri Lanka 16 years ago? So its strings are connected to the incident that happened with him on the cricket crease.

What happened with Sachin, the same happened with Virat as well

Now the question is what happened? First of all, let us know about what happened with Sachin Tendulkar 16 years ago. In the bilateral series played on the Sri Lanka tour in 2008, Sachin Tendulkar was out LBW in 3 consecutive innings. 16 years later, Virat Kohli has also become a victim of the same incident. Virat Kohli has been out LBW in all three innings of the bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Virat got LBW in 3 consecutive innings in Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli was LBW by Wanindu Hasaranga in the first ODI. In that match, he faced 32 balls and scored 24 runs. After this, in the second ODI, Virat Kohli could score only 14 runs in 19 balls. This time he was LBW by Vandersay. In the third and last ODI of the series, Virat Kohli scored 20 runs in 18 balls and he was LBW on the ball of Dunith Velalage.

Virat scored only 58 runs in 3 ODIs

Overall, in 3 innings of 3 ODIs, Virat Kohli not only got LBW three times but also could not score many runs. Playing against Sri Lanka on their home ground, he scored only 58 runs in 3 ODIs at an average of 19.33. It is also worth noting that Virat got LBW on the ball of a spinner in all three innings. Now after such a performance, the hope of victory is meaningless.