‘It Is A Point Of Concern….’: Jaffer On India’s ODI Schedule Leading Upto Champions Trophy 2025

New Delhi: Following India’s sequence loss to Sri Lanka, former opener Wasim Jaffer outlined that even as as it would probably no longer fear him that Guys in Blue lost the sequence, it does drawback him that they've only three elevated ODIs left beforehand than the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled for the following year.

Avishka Fernando’s 96-run knock and Dunith Wellalage’s 5-wicket haul helped Sri Lanka clinch a A hundred and ten-run win over India in the 1/3 ODI in shape of the sequence at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. This change into India’s first ODI undertaking after their heartbreaking loss to Australia in one of essentially the most wonderful of the ICC Cricket World Cup at dwelling supreme year in November and beforehand of next year’s Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan.

India’s next undertaking in ODIs may be a house sequence of three matches in opposition to England in February next year.

Taking to X, Jaffer lauded SL for his or her cricket and wrote, “SL played elevated cricket and deserve the sequence win. It doesn’t fear me that India lost a sequence. Wins and losses are a part of the activity. Nevertheless it exclusively’s a area of drawback that India has simply three ODIs beforehand than the Champions Trophy. #SLvIND.”

With the dominating victory, the hosts bought the sequence 2-zero in opposition to Rohit Sharma’s Guys in Blue. It quite is the first time beforehand 27 years that Sri Lanka bought an ODI sequence in opposition to India.

After profitable the toss, Sri Lanka made up our minds to bat in the 1/3 ODI in shape of the sequence. Fine knocks from Avishka Fernando (96 in 109 balls, with nine fours and two sixes), Kusal Mendis (Fifty nine in eighty two balls, with four boundaries) and Pathum Nissanka (Forty 5 in 65 balls, with 5 fours and two sixes) pushed SL to 248/7 in their 50 overs.

Riyan Parag (three/54) change into the pinnacle bowler for India.

Inside the run-chase of 249 runs, India every such a lot of time lost wickets in most eventualities in spinning conditions. Furthermore for skipper Rohit Sharma (35 in 20 balls, with six fours and a six), Virat Kohli (20 in 18 balls, with four boundaries) and Washington Sundar (30 in 25 balls, with two fours and three sixes), not among the batters looked cosy and India change into knocked down for 138 in 26.1 overs.

Dunith Wellalage (5/27) bought the ‘Player of the Match’ award and picked up the ‘Player of the Sequence’ award as adequately for his all-spherical convey.