IND vs SL: India defeated Sri Lanka by 91 runs in the third and deciding match of the T20 series played in Rajkot. With this, Team India won the series 2-1. Batting first, the Indian team scored 228 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Sri Lankan team was bundled out for only 137 runs in 16.4 overs. Suryakumar Yadav played a stormy inning of 112 runs in 51 balls for India. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets in bowling. While Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal and Umran Malik took two wickets each.
Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India, playing first, scored a huge score of 228 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. For India, Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 112 off 51 balls. During this, Surya hit 7 fours and 9 sixes. While Shubman Gill contributed 46 and Rahul Tripathi contributed 35 runs. While Akshar Patel added an unbeaten 21 runs in just 9 balls. Dilshan Madushanka took two wickets for Sri Lanka.
Chasing the target of 229 runs, the Sri Lankan team got off to a good start. Both openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis together added 44 runs in 4.5 overs. But after the dismissal of Mendis (23), the Sri Lankan innings faltered. After that, Nissanka got out after scoring 15 runs. At the same time, Avishka Fernando, who came to bat at number four, returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. And Dhananjay de Silva added 22 runs in 14 balls. Apart from this, Charith Asalanka scored 19 runs in 14 balls and captain Dasun Shanaka scored 23 runs in 17 balls.
