The primary ODI of the continued three-match collection between India and Sri Lanka led to a tie. Each the groups completed their innings on 230 runs within the series-opener, performed on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday (August 3).
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 230/8 within the allotted 50 overs due to fifties from Pathum Nissanka and Dunith Wellalage. Nissanka scored 56 runs whereas Wellalage scored an unbeaten 67. At one stage, Sri Lanka had been reeling at 101/5 earlier than Wellalage’s unbeaten fifty helped them put up a 200-plus complete.
In reply, India had been bowled out for 230 runs within the forty eighth over. Captain Rohit Sharma scored a 33-ball fifty and gave his group a flying begin. Nevertheless, his effort finally went in useless as the opposite Indian batters had a disappointing outing within the recreation.
Within the forty eighth over, Shivam Dube hit Charith Asalanka for a 4 to degree the rating. With simply 1 run wanted from 15 balls and a pair of wickets in hand, a win appeared like a mere formality for the Males in Blue. Nevertheless, Asalanka trapped each Dube and Arshdeep Singh lbw on successive deliveries to bowl out India for 230 runs.
Did the umpires commit a blunder in India vs Sri Lanka ODI?
Earlier than the primary ODI, the third T20I between India and Sri Lanka was additionally tied and the consequence was finally determined by a Tremendous Over. Nevertheless, the ODI recreation ended with out a clear winner. Properly, it seems just like the ODI recreation may have had a transparent winner as nicely if the umpires had adopted the ICC guidelines.
As per ICC’s ODI Enjoying Circumstances, a Tremendous Over ought to have been performed to determine the winner of the sport. The ICC Males’s ODI Enjoying Circumstances, which have been in impact since December 2023, state that in case of a tie or a no consequence:
“A Tremendous Over shall be performed. If the Tremendous Over is a tie, then until distinctive circumstances come up subsequent Tremendous Overs shall be performed till there’s a winner. Ought to it not be doable to play or full the Tremendous Overs wanted to find out a winner, the match shall be tied.”
Appears umpires blundered final evening at RPS. Based on new taking part in situations that’ve been in impact since December 2023, a tied ODI ought to have gone for a brilliant over. In reality there have been provision for a number of tremendous overs to interrupt the impasse. pic.twitter.com/6Jao6n76vk
— Rex Clementine (@RexClementine) August 3, 2024
The principles make it crystal clear {that a} tied ODI recreation ought to finish with a Tremendous Over until it isn’t possible to play them. The situations in Colombo had been completely fantastic for the Tremendous Overs because it was not raining however the officers nonetheless determined to finish the sport after the conclusion of India’s innings.
Prior to now, the outcomes of a number of ODIs had been determined by Tremendous Overs. The 2019 ODI World Cup ultimate had Tremendous Over as nicely. Later in 2020, a recreation between Pakistan and Zimbabwe was determined by the Tremendous Over too. The Cricket World Cup Qualifier in 2023 between West Indies and Netherlands was additionally determined by the Tremendous Over.