Team India won the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka 3-0, as they won the third and final match at Pallekele in Super Over. India came into this final match leading the series 2-0.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. India rested four players for this match- Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, and Akshar Patel.
The pitch was on the very slower side and batters had a difficult time in the middle. Shubman Gill top-scored for India with 39 in 37 balls with 3 fours, anchoring one end as India was reduced to 48/5 in 9 overs.
Riyan Parag (26) and Washington Sundar (25) also contributed as India posted 137/9 in 20 overs. For Sri Lanka, Maheesh Theekshana took 3/28 and Wanindu Hasaranga took two wickets.
In reply, Pathum Nissanka made 26 runs, but the bulk of the scoring came from Kusal Mendis (43) and Kusal Perera (46). The two Kusals added 52 runs together with Sri Lanka needing very few runs for the win.
But India put immense pressure on Sri Lankan batting and they lost 7 wickets in 22 runs to finish on 137/8, managing to tie the match. For India, Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav bowled the 19th and 20th overs respectively, and picked two wickets each.
Apart from them, Washington Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi also took 2 wickets each.
In the super over, Sundar conceded just 2 runs, one coming off a wide, and dismissed Kusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka in consecutive balls to restrict Sri Lanka to 2 runs. In reply, Suryakumar Yadav hit a four off Maheesh Theekshana on the first ball and won the super over for India.
Washington Sundar won the Player of the Match award and Suryakumar Yadav was the Player of the Series.
With this win, India also won the T20I series 3-0. It was their 9th white-wash in T20Is, going past Pakistan’s record.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for the Indian team for their exemplary performance in the match and lauded them on social media.
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