Team India have continued their winning run against Sri Lanka as they have won the third and final match of the series by 78 runs and sealed the series 2-0.
Having posted a mammoth total of 201 runs on the board in the first innings, it was never going to be an easy chase for the visitors. In a bid to level the series, Sri Lanka needed a good start from their openers but once again they failed to deliver. The visitors lost 4 wickets inside first six overs, and with that perhaps ending their chances of winning the match.
Making his comeback into the T20 side Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva produced some fightback, stitching 68 runs between them before the former got out on 31 off Washington Sundar in the 12 overs. Dhananjaya de Silva played a valiant knock of 57 runs off 36 balls, however, ending in a losing cause as Sri Lanka folded for just 123 in 15.5 overs, thanks to once again some sensational performance by fast bowlers.
RCB bowler Navdeep Saini is leaving everyone in awe who once again exhibited a brilliant spell of fast bowling in Pune. The RCB bower was the pick of the bowlers, picking three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur picked 1 and 2 wickets respectively.
EARLIER, INDIA POSTED 201/6 IN 20 OVERS
Ahead of the third T20, Shikhar Dhawan was under pressure to prove his critics wrong and boy, he did it in style. The left-hander played a valiant knock of 52 runs off 36 balls, at a strike rate of 144.44.
KL Rahul continued his brilliant form with the bat too, amassing 54 runs off just 36 balls as the duo gave India a solid start to the innings.
India lost wickets in the middle overs, however, a late finish from Manish Pandey and Shardul Thakur saw India cross 200-mark in the end.
India will next play against Australia in a three-match ODI series against Australia, starting from 14th January 2020. The first T20 will be played at Wankhede Stadium on 14th, while the second and third ODI will be played on 17th and 20th January 2020.
