Sri Lanka vs India, 2017: 5 reasons why Sri Lanka lost the 2nd ODI

#3 Lack of a late surge

Jasprit Bumrah was unplayable throughout his bowling quota

From among the three tail-enders, Akila Dhananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera and Vishwa Fernando, none could contribute with the bat. Only 18 runs came from them, as India’s death over specialist Jasprit Bumrah became unplayable. Failure to build up from where Siriwardana and Kapugedera left completely snatched away the momentum from Sri Lanka.

A few more runs from the tail could have made the target competitive. But they were anyhow still the favourites due to the relatively low target.

The batting performance by the hosts in the second ODI was still better than what was seen at Dambulla, when the last six batsmen together could accumulate only 16 runs.