Episode 54: Loss to Sri Lanka & The Olympics

India lost the ODI series 2-0 to Sri Lanka. The Gautam Gambhir experiments did not come off well in his first 50 overs assignment. The middle order did not stand up to the spin challenge and we lost an ODI series to SL after 27 years.

Olympics 2024 for India is a mixed bag where we missed more than we hit but 6 medals is a good performance so far. Arshad Nadeem dashed the hopes for Gold for Neeraj Chopra but both are the champions of the game and it was wonderful to watch them compete

00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Context setting
00:33 - Full strength India team lost this series
03:05 - Big ground and Spin the way to make India uncomfortable?
09:50 - Middle order movement during the series
13:32 - Was this the preview to Gautam Gambhir way forward?
15:35 - Jayasurya the coach and is this a major comeback for SL cricket
19:47 - Paris Olympics 2024
34:50 - Wrap up