Vaibhav Suryavanshi out of top 5… even Atishi innings could not get a place, 28 year old opener remained at number one in the tri series

New Delhi. When young talents shine on the cricket field, even the statistics appear small. Such a strong performance by the batsmen was seen in the ODI tri-series concluded in Sri Lanka. The race for runs continued between the young stars of India and Sri Lanka throughout the tournament. The most interesting and surprising aspect of this race was the performance of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who played a very explosive inning of 94 runs while holding one end in the final match. But alas, despite this explosive innings, he missed a place in the list of top-5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the tournament.

Avishka Fernando won
Sri Lanka’s experienced and aggressive batsman Avishka Fernando remained at the top of runs in this tri-series. Fernando scored the maximum of 288 runs while remaining unbeaten once in 5 innings of 5 matches. He scored runs at an excellent average of 72.00 and strike rate of 114.28. In this tournament, he scored 2 brilliant centuries with his bat, in which 110 runs was his highest score. Fernando strengthened the top order of the Sri Lankan team by hitting 39 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.

Indian wall of Tilak and Rituraj
The two pillars of India A-team, captain Tilak Verma and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also scored runs in this series and secured second and third position respectively in the list. Tilak Verma showed immense maturity and scored 275 runs in 5 matches at an average of 55.00. Although he could not score any century, he scored 4 excellent half-centuries. His highest score was 67 runs and he handled the team’s innings well by playing 367 balls. At the same time, Rituraj Gaikwad also performed as per his name. Gaikwad scored 274 runs in 5 innings at an average of 54.80, which included a brilliant century (101 runs) and a half-century. He scored runs at a strike rate of 86.16 and hit 18 fours and 4 sixes.

Powerful game of Samarawickrama and Dickwella
Sri Lanka’s reliable middle-order batsman Sadira Samarawickrama remained fourth among the highest run scorers. Samarawickrama remained unbeaten once in 5 innings of 5 matches and scored 265 runs at an excellent average of 66.25. He scored 3 half-centuries in the tournament and his best score was 93 runs. Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella was at fifth place. Batting in his familiar aggressive style, Dickwella added 224 runs in 5 matches at an average of 44.80. Playing at a stormy strike rate of 133.33, Dickwella hit 37 fours, on the basis of which he managed to secure his place in the top-5 by pushing Vaibhav Suryavanshi to the sixth position.