India lost to Sri Lanka in the final ODI and Sri Lanka won the series by 2-0 they created history after 27 years Sri Lanka won the bilateral series against India. The interim head coach of Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya was quite animated during the entire T20I & ODI series and it won’t be a surprise if he gets a 4 year term.
India collapsed against Sri Lankan spinners which made them to struggle score runs, only Rohit Sharma scored runs and kept his form throughout the series while the rest everyone failed to deliver runs.
Basit Ali chose Surya Kumar Yadav over Shreyas Iyer
Not an ideal start for Gautam Gambhir in the ODI format he won the T20I series but the men in blue failed to perform in the ODI only Rohit Sharma was able to score runs. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer made a comeback after the 2023 World Cup 2023 but failed both were shattered by Sri Lankan spinners so need to start from scratch. Both had a brilliant World Cup 2023 despite losing the final India was the strongest team in the World Cup but now the same team is struggling to find runs. Former Pakistan player Basit Ali has slammed Shreyas Iyer for his poor performance in the ODI series, while speaking ahead he chose Surya Kumar Yadav, Basit Ali said:
“Shreyas Iyer has an average of over 40. However, Suryakumar Yadav is 1000 times better than Shreyas Iyer. You needed someone who could play the sweep and reverse sweep. Suryakumar and Jaiswal would have tackled these spinners very easily.”