Team India captain Rohit Sharma stated that the Indian Team were not brave enough to take on the Sri Lankan spinners in challenging conditions and they faced a series loss. He also added that India will address the issue and try to improve on their flaws as well. Notably, Sri Lanka beat India by 110 runs in the third ODI of the three-match series at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, August
7. With the win, the hosts clinched the series 2-0, registering their first bilateral ODI series win over India in 27 years as well.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Rohit Sharma said, “On such wickets, you have to try and keep having left-right combinations. At the end of the day, it’s important to take on the game on such pitches, where the ball is spinning and scoring is tough. You need to be a little brave. I don’t think we were brave enough throughout the series to put them under pressure a little bit. We were behind in that aspect. But these things happen, so I do not want to look too much into it. We will address the concerns for sure.”

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While most of the Indian batters struggled in the ODI series, Rohit Sharma finished as the leading run-getter, with 157 runs from three innings which came at an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 141.44 as well.

“We’ve had these issues in the past as well. We’ve had issues with keeping the tempo of the game. It is all about individual plans – how they want to take the bowlers on. We know where the problems are. We have to talk about it and let the players know that this is what we want. If we have to be little different in choosing the personnel, we have to do that, unfortunately. We’ll try and see how we can be a good team on all kind of conditions, not just on good pitches or seaming pitches,” Rohit Sharma concluded.