India vs Sri Lanka: On the third day of the Galle Test between India and Sri Lanka, Team India suddenly changed from front foot to back foot. In the first session of the third day’s play, the Indian bowlers bowled wreaking havoc and reduced Sri Lanka’s 5 wickets to just 90 runs, but after this, something happened which no one expected. Sri Lanka lost 5 wickets in the first session but in the next session Sri Lanka scored 116 runs and did not lose a single wicket. By making a century partnership, Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha not only saved Sri Lanka from getting reduced to a low score but also averted the threat of follow-on to their team. The question is how the Sri Lankan batsmen saved the follow-on right under the nose of Team India. Let us tell you the reason for this.
Team India’s biggest mistake
The first and biggest mistake of Team India was dropping the catch. This catch was dropped by KL Rahul. KL Rahul took this catch in the slips on the fourth ball of the 36th over. On the ball of Manav Suthar, the bat took the edge of Dickwella’s bat but Rahul failed to take the catch.
Team India’s second mistake
The second big mistake of Team India was that its bowlers could not break one of the strategies of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan batsmen Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha made a sweep shot strategy against the Indian spinners. Both of them played a lot of sweep shots during their batting. Indian bowlers got upset with this and changed their length, as a result Dickwella and Sonal started getting single-doubles easily.
Team India’s third big mistake
The third major mistake of Team India was the failure to understand the ball. Actually, test matches in Sri Lanka are played with Kookaburra ball. This ball becomes soft only after 25-30 overs due to which the spinners are not able to get the speed that they should get. Indian spinners could not increase the speed of the ball, as a result Sri Lankan batsmen got extra time to take single-double.