India versus SL 3rd T20I: All-round Sri Lanka beat India easily to win the series

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 A great all-round display was enough as Sri Lanka registered a resounding win in the deciding T20I match against depleted Indian side played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Thursday.

Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and decided to bat first. Ruturaj Gaikwad started off the innings with a lovely boundary. Dhawan did not open his account as Dhanajaya de Silva took a good low catch. Devdutt Paddikal and Ruturaj Gaikwad steadied the ship for India. Ramesh Mendis grabbed the wicket of Paddikal to derail India’s innings. Things went worst for Men in Blue as Sanju Samson did not open his account with a peach by Hasaranga. Hasaranga struck again to dismiss Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad took the review for LBW, but the decision was upheld. It was a disappointing performance by the Men in Blue. At the end of the first six overs, India made looked in deep trouble at 29 for 4.

A superb piece of catching on his bowling by Dasun Shanaka got rid of Nitish Rana to leave the Indian team in disarray. The Sri Lankan bowlers kept on the pressure on Indian batsmen not allowing Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav's score runs easily. Dasun Shanaka took a superb diving catch to end the resistance for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Hasaranga bowled with great control not giving runs and grabbed important wickets. Shanaka dismissed Rahul Chahar to further dent into India’s batting. Dasun Shanaka took another good catch to get rid of Varun Chakravarthy. Kuldeep Yadav and Chetan Sakaryia played the entire 20 overs. A superb bowling effort restricted India to their 3rd lowest total of 81 for 8.

Chasing a modest total of 82 runs to win, Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka started off cautiously. Sandeep Warrier was awarded his debut T20I cap. Rahul Chahar was bought into the attack and struck immediately getting rid of Fernando with a brilliant caught and bowled chance. He almost got his 2nd wicket as the ball fell short in front of Devdutt Paddikal at slips. Warrier conceded decent runs to let off the pressure. Chahar dismissed Bhanuka with a lovely delivery. The decision was upheld to out.

Samarawickrama looked out of sorts against Rahul Chahar. Dhanajaya de Silva looked impressive and put some pressure on Indian bowling. Chahar took his 3rd wicket by grabbing the wicket of Samarawickrama with a superb delivery. Dhananjaya de Silva reviewed the decision for caught behind and it was overturned too not out. The umpires called it wide, and Sri Lanka won the match comfortably.

Sri Lanka 82 for 3 in 14.3 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 23*, Rahul Chahar 3/15) beat India 81 for 8 in 20 overs (Kuldeep Yadav 23*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 16, Hasaranga 4/9) by 7 wickets.

For his figures of 4 for 9 in 4 overs, Hasaranga was awarded the man of the match award and also man of the series.  








Sri Lanka beat India by 7 wickets to win the series 2-1 

 

 

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