I don't think we were brave enough throughout the series - Rohit Sharma

Mohammed Siraj has partaken in a portion of his best times in worldwide cricket against Sri Lanka. However, the visit through 2024 wasn't among them. For as well as he bowled in conditions not most ideal for pace bowling, he returned just three wickets in as many games - the very number of times he forcefully gazed down at the resistance hitters unwarranted. Given the consolidated commitment of the Indian speed assault without a trace of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, the charged-in hostility most likely didn't fit in excessively well. It wasn't excessively unique for Asitha Fernando either however, the one-man pace assault for Sri Lanka, who had saved his adaptation of the 'quick bowler's unmerited animosity' for Virat Kohli. For the 27-year-old who had highlighted in just seven ODIs before the series, and figured out how to track down a spot with such ease in the XI at the rear of six other cutting edge pacers getting precluded because of injury, there was most likely a triumph to show eventually. Independent of the daring front of machoism that was exhibited by the pacers, at last the spotlight of the series was taken by their lesser-forceful bowling accomplices - the spinners, who joined to pack 44 wickets across three games. The preliminary by turn in Colombo was won by Sri Lanka once more on Wednesday - this time all the more decidedly - as they moved away from India by 110 runs. India's battles in the series which were generally conspicuous while batting in the center overs in the initial two games, had progressed to the powerplay when it arrived at the last round of the series. Their pursuit had closed shop when it even arrived at the center stage on Wednesday. The twist battle, rather than being resolved during the two-day rest, just highlighted with upwards of eight hitters getting excused either legbefore, bowled or puzzled. The battle to try and put bat to ball brought about 21 of the 27 excusals that were affected against turn, shouted clearly enough for the Indian skipper to concede "We as a whole understand what the issues are, no good reason for digging profound." Across every one of the three games, there was just a single significant player - Rohit Sharma, who not just top-scored for India in each of the three games yet additionally introduced the main genuine danger for the benefit of the meeting side. A main justification behind that was his benefit of confronting the spinners with the hard ball and field limitations on, which permitted him to really play on the up and dismantle them in the Powerplay. As the ball kicked gentler and off turning, the pitch dialed back and the field limitations were lifted, the restrictions of the Indian hitters to play in such circumstances were likewise uncovered. "It is essential to take on the bowlers on such pitches, where the ball is turning and it is hard to score," Rohit surveyed following India's misfortune in the third ODI. "It is critical to be a piece fearless. I don't think we were valiant enough all through the series to put them under a smidgen of tension. That is the reason we were a piece left lingering behind somewhat." The repetitive issue of the Indian player's powerlessness to counter turn in the initial two ODIs had provoked a hitters' gathering on the ball yet obviously didn't appear to be too useful as the issues rehashed the same thing in the last challenge of the visit. "We as a whole know where we are failing, what we want to develop. Exclusively, we have addressed a great deal of players on this point, that they will get significantly more chances to play turn in these circumstances," he said. "On these wickets, where the pitch is slow, where a few balls are turning and some are not, you need to go in with a strategy. "Simultaneously, you additionally need to play your shots. On the off chance that you figure you will protect every one of the six balls, it may not be imaginable on such a pitch. All things considered, taking everything into account, and my perspective, we really want to concede where we have committed errors, we didn't overwhelm against turn. On such wickets, you want to overwhelm a little and the Sri Lankan spinners had reliably held us under tension in every one of the three games. "Some place, we really want to ponder what we can do, which players ought to be given open doors on such wickets. In any case, while you're playing on such testing pitches, having consistency in your group selection is additionally significant. Assuming you offer players only a couple of chances, it is difficult for them to oversee such circumstances. We attempted. We even needed to evaluate a couple of players. It has been an unfortunate series for us, we acknowledge it. We didn't play great cricket and that is the reason we have the outcome that we have today." A lot of Indian hitters' interests originated from their reluctance to utilize their feet against the spinners, a property that has held numerous previous players from the country in great stead while countering turn. With turn agreeable tracks being uncommon in worldwide cricket in present day times, have players who are reared on sluggish surfaces through their early stages likewise battling to battle turn? "Playing turn against slow bowlers on sluggish pitches ought not be an ideal reason for us," he said. "We as a whole play on these sorts of pitches. It is tied in with having strategies and being clear with your arrangements. It boils down to individual plans. Everybody necessities to comprehend that this is my arrangement and this is the means by which I will play. "Assuming the pitch suits your arrangement, take them on. On the off chance that it doesn't, then what are the choices? Descend the track, push for singles, every one of the nuts and bolts of batsmanship on sluggish surfaces. We have experienced childhood with slow pitches. Pitches have turned and been slow. It is tied in with having the own arrangement and accepting that plan is sufficient to beat the competition on pitches like that." Be that as it may, he added, "This large number of folks have come here playing such a lot of cricket. Out of nowhere to contrastingly instruct them to do things a bit... to play the shot that they are not happy with isn't great. We've had these issues in the past too where the ball has turned somewhat, the wicket has been a piece slow. We definitely disliked keeping the rhythm of the game. "That is the reason I have said, everything no doubt revolves around individual plans, how they need to take the bowlers on, what are the shots they need to play. It begins with your preparation. At the point when you get your meetings, you attempt and work through that I can see the folks are buckling down in the nets whenever we get the chance to prepare. I don't see there being an absence of exertion when we need to attempt to play various shots. A portion of these folks played clear, switch clear, paddle too. That is not the idea of their batsmanship. They are trying too. "In any case, we must be clear with how we need to play and how to keep the energy towards us while playing on pitches like these. We missed the mark threefold. Indeed, even the game that finished in a tie, we ought to have been done that game. In the last two games we played, we clearly knew where the issues were. "We need to discuss it, we need to tell the players what we need. Assuming we must be somewhat divergent in picking the staff, we need to tragically do that. We will attempt to perceive how we can be a decent group in a wide range of conditions, on great pitches or seaming pitches, yet additionally on pitches that turn a little. We need to see what we need to do collectively, as a batting unit. "I would rather not be basic on the grounds that at whatever point I have requested that they do various things, they have done that. Things like this occur. Looking profound into this won't be great. It's critical to remain composed and give them certainty, give them the comprehension that this is required. Ideally, on the off chance that we face conditions like this, they have better plans against spinners." Going against the norm, the Indian spinners picked just 17 wickets across three games, 10 less than their partners. While it needed to do as much with how the host bowlers had the option to take advantage of the natural circumstances, it likewise needed to do a fair piece with how the Sri Lankan hitters countered a comparative test. Featuring how distinctively the resistance moved toward their batting, Rohit said, "They were reliable with clears, taking their risks. Not much of runs were scored down the ground. They didn't involve the feet however much we anticipated. It was tied in with utilizing clears and piercing that profound square leg and midwicket field. That is something we neglected to do as a batting unit. We didn't play an adequate number of compasses, turn around breadths or oar and utilize our feet to an extreme. That was the distinction. "(Kusal) Mendis and (Avishka) Fernando, they got a ton of runs make right the wicket. They were utilizing the turn, going down the track and clearing making the defender move left and right. They were savvy with how they batted and we were not." Rohit's most memorable ODI task following India's raced to the World Cup last keep going year has finished on a winless note, giving Sri Lanka their first series win in quite a while against India in the 50-over design. A series where they would've hoped to find a couple of answers has finished with them being left with additional inquiries all things considered. Indeed, even as India are probably not going to play restricted overs cricket in comparable circumstances any time soon, with just three ODIs planned in the future, there is as yet adequate need to track down a couple of fixes.