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India [218/4] beat Sri Lanka [217/9] in the third ODI to take 3-0 series lead

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India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w), Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

Sri Lanka: Niroshan Dickwella(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera(c), Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Thisara Perera, Malinda Pushpakumara, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanidu Hasaranga, Lasith Malinga
 
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Sri Lanka (Playing XI):
Niroshan Dickwella(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Kapugedera(c), Milinda Siriwardana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Malinga

India (Playing XI):
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
 
out of all kapugedara is leading the side as stand in captain...

good to see chandimal and thirimanne back.. but the captaincy should have gone to dickwella or kusal mendis who was the star in this lankan team at the moment with his batting
 
not sure why kedhar is playing ahead of manish and kl rahul based on india's standards of batting and fielding.. Raina is much better than kedhar... definitely a quota system something like ek akmal per team quota
 
ask_analyse_act said:
not sure why kedhar is playing ahead of manish and kl rahul based on india's standards of batting and fielding.. Raina is much better than kedhar... definitely a quota system something like ek akmal per team quota
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kedar is a fine player. What's wrong with him?
 
Kedar avgs 50+ with strike rate of over 100. He is also a handy part timer. He has very good first class and list A record.
He has won matches for india from impossible situations in the England series.
 
OpeningBatsman said:
Kedar avgs 50+ with strike rate of over 100. He is also a handy part timer. He has very good first class and list A record.
He has won matches for india from impossible situations in the England series.
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yes in india he avg 50+.. he is occupying raina's spot but doing much less than what raina could do... raina scores quick runs , reliable lower order and saves nearly 20 runs in the field , bowls better than kedhar as well... if he is young and given chance ahead of raina then acceptable
 
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Does SriLanka even have the batting to score 250+ on a good wicket?
 
ask_analyse_act said:
yes in india he avg 50+.. he is occupying raina's spot but doing much less than what raina could do... raina scores quick runs , reliable lower order and saves nearly 20 runs in the field , bowls better than kedhar as well... if he is young and given chance ahead of raina then acceptable
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He hasn't got many chances to bat outside india,so you can't judge him. He performed very well in the A tours to Australia. He can only perform if and when he gets a chance. Yes he failed in CT final but everyone failed there.
Agreed Fieldin is a concern and iam a fan of Raina myself but jadhav can't be dropped right now. Let him fail for a series then we can take it from there. Age has nothin to do with it.
He is 32 if he can perform well then he can play 2019wc easily.
 
^also jadhav so far has 14 wkts in 28 matches at an avg of 20. How is it worse than raina?? Raina has become extremely unfit after marriage with huge pot belly, he was asked to report to NCA recently and failed the fitness test.
 
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Does SriLanka even have the batting to score 250+ on a good wicket?
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they are not playing as a team which is clear... each one of their captains are fighting for their place in the team, not a first name in the sheet..

mathews captaincy and as a player has a lot to do with their downfall... he enjoyed the captaincy as take it for granted and played the injury card for many years not contributing to the team when needed with both bat and ball...
 
OpeningBatsman said:
He hasn't got many chances to bat outside india,so you can't judge him. He performed very well in the A tours to Australia. He can only perform if and when he gets a chance. Yes he failed in CT final but everyone failed there.
Agreed Fieldin is a concern and iam a fan of Raina myself but jadhav can't be dropped right now. Let him fail for a series then we can take it from there. Age has nothin to do with it.
He is 32 if he can perform well then he can play 2019wc easily.
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well again.. kedhar ji in and gone... he is a quota player for sure, never really impressed in his short stint career except that one england series at home..
 
taking wickets is the only chance for lanka here , required rate is 4.30

If India bat 50 overs they will win.
 
What did their fans expect ? One off wins in world tournaments do not tell you the whole story. Kohli's defensive captaincy allowed them shock India in the CT .
 
This match is done and dusted. Hopefully for next match, M Pandey gets chance for K jadhav. Id also bring in K Yadav for Axar.

Apart from those two, i think Kohli should rest for last two Odis and let Rohit take charge of it. Kohli seem bit burn out with non stop cricket. He should take rest ahead of India's home season against Australia.
 
What an inconsequential result and match to be throwing bottles on (Not that fans should ever be doing that). SL beat Ind in the only ODI that mattered between these teams in the past 24 months and that was the CT ODI. Better go protest outside the SLC headquarters rather than wasting everyone's time.
 
Well this is sad to see, the Sri Lankan public's patience with their team seems to have snapped.

It's been a dispiriting year for them and they need to take a long look at their administration, domestic structure and selection policies.
 
Do you think anyone can beat this indian team in 3 match or 5 match series in subcontinental condition. No way. You can fluke one off game here and there.
 
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