New Delhi: The Indian team (Team India) has captured the three-match ODI series being played at home against Sri Lanka. Team India has won the first two matches to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Now the last match will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday (January 15). But before this third match, Team India got a big blow. On Friday morning, the Indian team and the rest of the support staff left for Thiruvananthapuram for the third match. While Indian team coach (Rahul Dravid) has reached Bangalore directly from Kolkata (Kolkata).
Dravid will join the team before the third ODI
According to reports, Rahul Dravid’s health is not good. Hence he has left for Bangalore. Dravid has a problem related to blood pressure, which surfaced during the second ODI. Then the doctors of the Cricket Association of Bengal checked him up. BCCI sources said that there is nothing to worry about. Dravid left for Bengaluru from Kolkata early on Friday morning. But it fits perfectly. The Indian team will play the third ODI of the series against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram. The match will be held on Sunday, but Dravid will join the team in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday itself.
India took an unassailable 2-0 lead against Sri Lanka
Let us tell you that a three-match ODI series is being played between India and Sri Lanka. In its first two matches, the Indian team won the series 2-0. The second ODI of the series was played in Kolkata on Thursday (January 12). After winning the toss and batting first, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 215 runs. Nuwanidu Fernando who was playing the debut match played an innings of 50 runs. While Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Siraj took 3 important wickets each.
Kuldeep was also selected as the player of the match. In response to the target of 216 runs, the Indian team won the match by losing 6 wickets in 43.2 overs. Team India won the first match of the series by 67 runs. In this way, Team India has captured the three-match series 2-0. Now the last match will be played on January 15 in Thiruvananthapuram.