IND vs SL Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Colombo– 3rd ODI, India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024

Colombo hosts the third and final IND vs SL ODI on Wednesday, August 7. Sri Lanka are leading the series 1-0 after their win in the second ODI by 32 runs.

The dogged Lankan side brought out their A game against India to win the game. They first posted 240 runs with the bat with contributions from Avishka Fernando and Kamindu Mendis both scoring 40 each. Dunith Wellalage scored a crucial 39 and added a 72-run stand with Mendis.

Jefferey Vandersasy then took his best figures in ODI cricket to stumble out India for 208. He took six for 33 and picked up all the top-order wickets for India. The Men in Blue found it tough to read the leg spinner and collapsed after the first-wicket stand of 97.

It was the first defeat for India under Gautam Gambhir as coach who won the T20I series. India then drew the first ODI and lost the second ODI to trail in the series. Now they find themselves in a must-win situation heading into the final ODI.

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The Lankan bowlers in both matches have backed up their batters. They have delivered when their team needed to.

Their second ODI performance was even more commendable as they were without Waninsu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, and Matheesha Pathirana. The Indian batters need to be wary of Vandersay in the final ODI which is the decider.

IND vs SL Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Colombo– 3rd ODI, India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024

IND vs SL Weather Report Of Colombo

The match starts at 2.30 pm local time. The weather conditions will be mostly cloudy with temperatures around 30 degrees. The cloud cover will be close to 90 percent and there will, be a 40 percent chance of rain. There are high chances of rain playing spoilsport.

IND vs SL Pitch Analysis

240 turned out to be a winning score for Sri Lanka in the second ODI. There was a prodigious turn on the pitch as Jeffrey Vandersay took a six-wicket haul to stun the Indian batting lineup.

375 is the highest total recorded at this venue while 50 is the lowest. However, there have been many in-between totals at this venue that have thrown up close contests.

Weather Impact on IND vs SL 3rd ODI, 2024

The weather forecast is expected to be cloudy with almost 40 percent chance of rain expected in the afternoon.

As the evening approaches, the chance of rain increases up to 80 percent with cloud cover of almost 100 percent. The temperatures will be around 28 degrees in the evening.

Conclusion

Rain could play spoilsport in the third ODI. In case the match is washed out Sri Lanka will win the series.

This is a must-win match for India and they will want for some cricket to be played at any cost with a series to be drawn. India are the number one ranked ODI side while Sri Lanka is placed eight.

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