New Delhi. Team India, led by Shikhar Dhawan, could not beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI, with which India missed out on a clean sweep in the ODI series. In this match, the Sri Lankan spinners showed their great spin against inexperienced batsmen of India and led the team to victory in the battle of honor. In this match, India lost by 3 wickets. However, India managed to win this series 2-1. In the match, Rahul Dravid, the head coach of the Indian team, found it costly to trust many young players.
This can be gauged from the fact that 5 players made their debut for India in this match. The names of Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakaria, Krishnappa Gautam and Rahul Chahar are included in this. This was only the second time in the history of India’s ODI cricket that five players made their debuts in a single match. Earlier in 1980, five Indian players debuted together in an ODI match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). These include the names of Dilip Joshi, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Sandeep Patil.
With the introduction of five new players in the same match, the Indian bowling attack was completely weakened. Along with Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled brilliantly in the previous match, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were also rested in the spin department. The same situation was also seen in batting a little bit. Debutant Nitish Rana and all-rounder Krishnappa Gautam could not leave a mark during the batting, which led to a loss for the team.
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