3rd ODI: India vs Sri Lanka
Wow…just wow! We didn’t expect that. At the start of this ODI series, it looked like the Sri Lankan Lions were more like lambs to the slaughter.
Cricket betting tips broadly agreed a whitewash was likely. Sri Lanka has already lost a series to India among 21 defeats in 2017. But in the first ODI, they gave a performance to defy betting odds and wreck Indian hopes of ending the year top of the ICC rankings.
Then Rohit Sharma took the tourists on single-handedly, smashing a double century to square the series and set up a sports betting feast of a finale at Dharamshala.
But how did Sri Lanka shock their hosts in the opener? And can they do it again? Much rests on the continued explosive form of their talisman, Angelo Mathews. As part of an energetic pace attack, the experienced all-rounder ripped through the Indian batting line-up to bowl them out for just 112. He followed that up with an unbeaten 25 to see the Lions over the line. And in the second ODI, he was again unbeaten with a superb 111.
That inning was eclipsed, though, by the brilliant Rohit Sharma who smashed 208 off 153 balls to post a huge Indian score of 392 and set up this epic decider.
The hosts remain the overwhelming favourites, of course. But hey, not many people expected us to be here at 1-1. The tourists have done it once…so it’s game on!
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