5 things that went wrong for Sri Lanka in the third ODI

Inability to exert pressure after initial wickets

Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Kedar Jadhav failed once again, but Sri Lanka could not capitalize

Shikhar Dhawan, who has been in the form of his life, was dismissed on only 5 runs. KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav replicated their performance from the second ODI. All three were dismissed cheaply.

But thereafter, the story from Pallekele repeated itself at Kandy. MS Dhoni walked in and took control of the situation. The former captain scored an 86-ball 64 along with Rohit Sharma who scored a sensational 145-ball 124.

In the second ODI too, it was Sri Lanka’s inability to exert pressure after the first six wickets that cost them a match they should have won. India, despite going from 109-1 to 131-7 won the second match comfortably.