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Pathetic
Sri Lanka surrenders series
By
Sa’adi Thawfeeq
Pathetic was how one could describe Sri Lanka’s
performance at the R Premadasa Stadium under lights
yesterday when they surrendered the five-match one-day
international series to India who with their 147-run
victory hold onto an unbeatable 3-0 lead.
Sri Lanka went into the match knowing that this was
a must win match for them. But the manner in which they
trooped out after captain Mahela Jayawardene had lost
his third consecutive toss of the series there was a
hint of surrender. Their body language did not show
they were up for the challenge for there was no spring
in their step nor was there the usual exuberance which
was lacking.
Sri
Lanka failed to capitalise on a good start when they snapped
up two early Indian wickets for 24 runs in the fourth
over but yet allowed them the luxury of scoring an imposing
363-5, which was the highest ever total made at this venue
in 86 ODIs. Their ground fielding and catching went to
pieces and the bowling was wayward to say the least as
Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh later followed by MS
Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan flayed the Lankan bowling to all
parts of the ground to make it a virtual no-contest.
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