3rd ODI: India v Sri Lanka (Winner: IND)

India despite their humiliating loss were slight favourites for this match. And they proved COW right by snapping up wickets at regular interval. Sri Lankan batsmen just couldn’t get going and soon they were tottering at 103/7 before the Indian tradition of making tailenders look like batsmen came to their rescue and they ended up with170 on board but a COW of just 35%. Apart from Dilshan only Randiv and Kulasekara listened to the Coach’s call. Their batting performance was so abysmal that even Ravindra Jadeja got 2 wickets. No, I am not kidding. India started off so cautiously that you could have mistaken Sehwag for Jadeja. But then 3 wickets fell in no time and Sri Lanka were back in the match with COW of 40%. Kohli turned out to be the perfect replacement for Yuvraj as he went on to score 0 runs while Rohit Sharma paid the penalty for hitting the ball on to his pads, how dare he! Raina gave Sehwag company and they trundled along to 92 in 22 overs before Raina got out. After that Dhoni and Sehwag closed out the match with an effective display of batting, though Sehwag was denied hundred by a mixture of bad luck, poor gamesmanship and stupid laws. With Sehwag, Raina and Dhoni answering the Coach’s call victory was never in doubt and the Indian team wrapped up the match with a bonus point.