
Rahul Tiwari
khelja|07-08-2024
SL vs IND: The third match of the 3-match ODI series was played between Sri Lanka and India (SL vs IND) at the Colombo ground. Batting first in the third match, Sri Lanka scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In response, Team India's batting was once again poor and the team had to face a crushing defeat by 110 runs.
With this defeat, Team India has faced a 2-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that many big records were made by both the teams in the third match, so let's take a look at all the records……

1. This was the highest opening partnership for Sri Lanka against India in ODIs after Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene's 213-run stand at Kingston in July 2013, 31 innings earlier.
The two openers added 89 runs.2. For the first time in the last seven ODIs against India, Sri Lanka's opening partnership has reached double figures.
3. Most spin overs bowled by India in an ODI
41.2 vs West Indies Indore 2011
39 vs Kenya Gwalior 1998
37 vs South Africa Kochi 2000
37 vs SL Colombo 2024 *
4. Riyan Parag took his first ODI International wicket in his very first match.
5. Most sixes in ODIs
351 Shahid Afridi
331 Rohit Sharma
331 Chris Gayle
6. Rohit Sharma's wicket is India's 19th wicket to spin in this series. The last time India lost this many wickets to spin in a bilateral series (maximum four ODIs) was in 1997 against Sri Lanka.
7. Virat Kohli finished the series with an average of 19.33, his lowest average in seven bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka. The only other instance in which he averaged less than 60 against them was his first series in 2008 (31.80).
8. Sri Lanka has defeated India in a bilateral series after 27 years. Earlier, the team had won the series in the year 1997.
9. Most wickets lost by India to spin in an ODI
10 vs sri lanka colombo 2023
9 vs Sri Lanka Colombo 1997
9 vs Sri Lanka Colombo 2024 (1st ODI)
9 vs Sri Lanka Colombo 2024 (2nd ODI)
9 vs Sri Lanka Colombo 2024 (Today) *
10. Dunith Vellalalage is the first spinner to take more than one five-wicket haul in an ODI against India
5/40 in Colombo 2023
5/27 in Colombo 2024
11. The 27 wickets lost by India to spin is the most by any team in a bilateral ODI series (maximum 3 matches).
12. As head coach, Gautam Gambhir has faced defeat in his very first ODI series.




