India Vs Sri Lanka: How Jeffrey Vandersay Troubled Men In Blue?

When the India vs Sri Lanka series was announced many felt that India would easily win the series. India swept the T20 series. But things started to have a different story with the ODI series. India, which has one of the best batting line-ups, is struggling to give a tough fight.

In the first ODI, the match was tied and India lost the second match in a low-scoring thriller. Sri Lanka was restricted to 240 runs. Given the batting lineup of India, many felt that we would easily win the match. At one point of time India was 97 without loss. Rohit Sharma had a half-century and despite this, we lost the match.

Sri Lanka bowler Jeffrey Vandersay made the difference. He took six wickets in the match and broke the back of India. Everyone is praising the bowler who produced a match-changing performance.

If not for Jeffrey Vandersay then India would have easily won the match. He first sent Rohit Sharma back and followed the hunt for wickets with Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Iyer, and KL Rahul. Shivam Dube and KL Rahul were out for ducks.

This speaks volumes about the damage Jeffrey Vandersay had done. First, he sent back Rohit Sharma and did not let the other batsmen settle. In the end, Axar Patel tried to settle things but he could not. He went close to the half-century and still India lost the match.

Sri Lanka is leading the series with 1-0 as the first match was tied. If Sri Lanka manages to win the third match and win the series then Sri Lanka would win a series against India after a long time. Let us see how the third match goes.