Sri Lanka becomes the most defeated team in ODI Cricket

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Sri Lanka Men’s cricket team has become the most defeated international cricket team in ODI cricket history following their defeat to England last night (1st July) in the 2nd ODI.    

England defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the second ODI at the Kia Oval Grounds in London taking the 3-match ODI series 2-0 with one game to go. 

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This was Sri Lanka’s seventh loss in their last eight ODI games. With this defeat, Sri Lanka registered their 428th ODI loss since their entrance into ODI cricket which dates back to 1975. 

India held the record for most losses in ODI cricket till yesterday losing 427 ODI games. 

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Sri Lanka has played 860 ODI matches so far and managed to win 390 of them while losing 428 matches. Five matches have ended as ties while 37 matches ended without a result.