Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and elected to bat against India in the second ODI at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Following the dismissal of Pathum Nissanka, the relationship initially began to mend, but Kusal Mendis was sent back for 40. After that, Sri Lanka was struggling at 136/6 by the 35th over as the hosts surrendered in to pressure from the spinners in the middle overs.
The second ODI saw Sri Lanka defeat India by 32 runs. Sri Lanka managed to reach 240/9 in the 50 overs given, thanks to the contributions of Kamindu Mendis (40 off 44), Avishka Fernando (40 off 62), and Dunith Wellalage (39 off 35).
Rohit Sharma, the team captain, scored 64 runs off of 44 balls, and Shubman Gill scored 35 runs off of 44 balls, giving the Men in Blue a decent start. In the second ODI, India’s batting lineup—Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Iyer, and KL Rahul—was unable to help the team win. Jeffrey Vandersay of Sri Lanka was the game’s MVP as he claimed six significant wickets to help his side prevent the Men in Blue from pursuing the target.
From the minute he arrived in the 12th over, Vandersay dominated the match against India. With 33 runs in his 10 overs and 6 wickets, it was his greatest ODI performance to date.
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Regarding the Indian squad, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar were the standout players for the Men in Blue. They each claimed two and three wickets, respectively.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
This Ad Describes Rohit Sharma vs Rest of Team India in Both ODI’s vs Sri Lanka 🤐#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/6IkzGsA2vz
— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) August 4, 2024
Vo sri lanka wale apne londo ko kut rahe hai 😬😬#indVsSL#india #ViratKohli𓃵 #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/8qRKKyprdk
— Ashok Dhaka (@ashokdhaka_) August 4, 2024
Vandersay smashed all the top order batsmen’s single handedly pic.twitter.com/2d6VdFBZHR
— Prashanth.. (@its_King18) August 4, 2024
#RohitSharma when he had already scored 50 and its the end of Powerplay #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/o0Gc9x63bG
— Troll Cricket (@TrollCricket99) August 4, 2024
after making a quick fire 50s#RohitSharma be like#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/BLFkab3H42
— Milan (@kaafira09) August 4, 2024
Rohit Sharma when he sees a short ball pic.twitter.com/RGqSwLTe4T
— नाRyan Gosling (@narayan46323) August 4, 2024
Dunith Wellalage
vs others vs India pic.twitter.com/UZu7DY9x5K
— Hriday (Fan-Account) (@Hriday1812) August 4, 2024
– Suryakumar Yadav bowled.
– Rinku Singh bowled.
– Shubman Gill bowled.
– Rohit Sharma bowled. pic.twitter.com/n1QoSej59Z— Jimmy (@FarziTalks) August 4, 2024
Finally Sharma rolling his arm over pic.twitter.com/ZJy2D8damX
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) August 4, 2024
Virat Kohli replicating Riyan Parag’s bihu dance celebration after the catch 🤍 pic.twitter.com/UeAZ0Forms
— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) August 4, 2024
Washington sundar in chepauk 😋 pic.twitter.com/VbnDDy7533
— ᴬʳᵗʰᵘʳ ᴹᵒʳᵍᵒⁿ 𝕏 (@ArthurMorgon07) August 4, 2024
Rohit Sharma to Washington Sundar.
Match ke baad mil tujhe to dekh lunga..🤣 #SLvIND #INDvsGB #IndvGB #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/7ASW2jr1D0
— Vish (@vishdoshi1) August 4, 2024
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