Something happened in Colombo's Premadasa Stadium which probably no fan in the world would have expected. The world's number 1 ODI team surrendered against Sri Lanka. After losing the second ODI against Sri Lanka, Team India had to face a crushing defeat of 110 runs in the third ODI as well and as a result, the series also slipped out of their hands. Team India has lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka after 27 years. The last time the Indian team saw such a day against Sri Lanka was in 1997. However, the question here is why did Team India have to see such a day despite the presence of legendary batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and a coach like Gautam Gambhir? Why did the inexperienced players of Sri Lanka overpower Team India? There is only one answer to this question - slow poison…

Slow poison proved costly for Team India

The biggest reason for Team India's defeat against Sri Lanka proved to be slow poison. Slow poison means Sri Lanka's spin bowlers. In the entire ODI series, Sri Lanka's spinners made life difficult for the Indian batsmen. Be it Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer or KL Rahul, everyone was seen losing to this slow poison. Let us tell you how the Sri Lankan spinners made the Indian batsmen dance in the ODI series.

• In the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Team India lost 27 wickets against spinners. This is the first time that Team India has seen such a day against any team.
• In all three ODI matches of the series against Sri Lanka, Team India lost 9 wickets against spinners, which has happened for the first time in Indian cricket history.
• A brilliant batsman like Virat Kohli was out LBW against the spinner in all three matches of the ODI series.
• Dunit Vellalalage became the first spinner in the world to achieve the feat of taking five wickets twice in ODIs against Team India.

It is clear that Team India has completely failed against spinners in the ODI series.

Both Rohit and Gambhir have lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka for the first time in their professional career. The Indian team which was once famous for batting against spinners, is now getting trapped in the spin trap. Other teams must also be watching this struggle of the Indian batsmen and will definitely try to take advantage of this weakness.

Both Rohit and Gambhir have lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka for the first time in their professional career. The Indian team which was once famous for batting against spinners, is now getting trapped in the spin trap. Other teams must also be watching this struggle of the Indian batsmen and will definitely try to take advantage of this weakness.