"Resign Gautam Gambhir" - Twitter blasts India after their first-ever ODI series loss to Sri Lanka since 1997

Fans on Twitter reacted after Sri Lanka sealed the three-match series against India after their dominant win in the third game of the series. They defeated the Rohit Sharma-led side by 110 runs at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.

Opting to bat, Sri Lanka was off to the dream start with the bat as openers Pathum Nissanka (45) and Avishka Fernando (96) put India under pressure with their 89-run opening stand. After Nissanka got out, Kusal Mendis (59) supported Fernando. They added 82 runs for the second wicket.

However, after that Indian bowlers made a terrific comeback and picked wickets in middle and death overs, restricting the run flow. Riyan Parag picked three wickets while Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Washington Sundar bagged one wicket as Sri Lanka ended with a total of 248 for seven.

In the chase, Rohit Sharma (35) yet again gave a positive start to the team but he didn’t get the desired support from the other end. Virat Kohli (20) played some glorious drives but couldn’t get going after the start he had.

Dunith Wellalage in a flash picked four as Indian wickets fell like a pack of cards and they came under big pressure. India was reduced to 108 for seven with all the big names back in the hut, struggling against spinners of the Sri Lanka team.

Washington Sundar (30) tried to fight for his team but he couldn’t carry for long. Sri Lanka bundled out India for 138 runs to win the game by a massive margin of 110 runs. Apart from Dunith, Maheesh Theekshana, and Jeffrey Vandersay bagged two wickets as the island nation registered a first-ever ODI series win over India since 1997.

Fans on Twitter react as India suffers a series loss against Sri Lanka

As the India National Cricket Team failed to win the series against Sri Lanka, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They slammed that Rohit Sharma-led side for their poor outing with the bat and gave some angry reactions. Here are some of them:

Food for thought- India produced great spinners , batsmen who could dominate and subjugate great spinners …. Hard to believe that we got done in by the Sri Lankan spinners
Congratulations Sri Lanka , you deserve to win this series

— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) August 7, 2024

Rather disappointing from Team India @INDvsSL .. the target of 249 required some grafting of runs and partnerships!! Some solid character!! Not just attacking innovative shots !! 🤯 💔@ESPNcricinfo @BCCI

— Robin Singh (@robinsingh1409) August 7, 2024

Sorry but this guy is not the future of Indian Cricket. pic.twitter.com/xdtrH4TDzv

— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessRohit) August 7, 2024

Sri Lanka must be a very happy cricket team tonight. They have beaten India after 27 years.

Congrats to Sanath Jayasuriya and Asalanka.

Special mentions to Avishka Fernando and Dunith Wellalage for today.👌

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 7, 2024

As Endian Cricket board BCCI is no intrested in traveling to Pakistan for CT, let them stay home and Invite Sri Lanka for it. Btw India lost the Odi series by 2-0 😅🥱.#INDvsSL #ChampionsTrophy2025

— | Murphy | (@benzene2619) August 7, 2024

#INDvsSL middle order disaster again 🇮🇳 Congratulations Team #Srilanka 🇱🇰🏆

— Kutti Kundapura (@kuttikundapura) August 7, 2024

Give Indian cricket team players break and let them enjoy they only want rest . Bcci have to come forward and say to them to play domestic cricket otherwise tata bye bye. #IndiaAtParis24 #INDvsSL #virat #GOLD

— Harsh Raj (@HarshRa42128181) August 7, 2024

Gambhir wants credit of winning wc after 28 years.

But people are giving him credit of losing series vs SL after 27 years.
pic.twitter.com/nE6biXV0Ux

— ` (@WorshipDhoni) August 7, 2024

Gautam Gambhir should join back BJP, rewarding people with ministry even after bad performance is justified only there, not in Indian cricket.

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) August 7, 2024

Ravindra Jadeja would have very lethal on this kind of pitch. But this clueless Coach ignored him. 😂💥

RESIGN GAUTAM GAMBHIR @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/HeFyxIs6xp

— CSK Fans Army™ (@CSKFansArmy) August 7, 2024

Shastri Era : Gabba win, many paytm series wins.

Dravid Era : No.1 in all formats, T20WC.

Gambhir Era : Lost series against SL after 27 years.

— ` (@WorshipDhoni) August 7, 2024

Rohit Sharma watching Gambhir getting cooked for India's loss and no one is talking about his captaincy. pic.twitter.com/WT6R6gwWLw

— Beast (@Beast__07_) August 7, 2024

You improve the art of playing spin on turning pitches by playing in red-ball multi-day domestic cricket. The earlier generations were good at playing spin because every now and then they would play Ranji/Duleep/Irani Cup. These ones simply don’t. Period

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 7, 2024