Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav
23(28) 0x4 - 0x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 6 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
4 0 6 2 8 0 2 1
DM de Silva
23(20) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %61%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 5 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
2 0 7 6 1 1 1 5

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O4
M0
R9
W4
Eco2.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
RD Chahar
RD Chahar
O4
M0
R15
W3
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20

Match days

29 July 2021 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Hemant Brar

Shanaka collects the trophy and his team-mates are waiting for the group photo. Smiles and cheers in the Sri Lankan camp. And on that note, we will also take your leave. Hope you liked our coverage. See you soon.

Dasun Shanaka: I should thank the BCCI first of all to play under such circumstances. Also, thanks to Rahul And Shikhar. I have got the bowling option, so I can use them well in the middle. Not only my fielding, all the boys are working really hard on their fitness and they want to be world class. You can see all the players performed and handled different situations. I am lucky to lead this team. When a low score is set, it's good if we can get a good start. Still, the players are young, they are learning and they will be really good in future.

Shikhar Dhawan: It was a difficult situation for us but as a team, we decided we will stay and play the series. Lots of learnings for me as captain. Last game was a close one, today it was an off day for the batting unit but the boys will learn from it. We lost too many wickets today and the Sri Lanka bowlers bowled well. When you lose early wickets and you don't have a long batting, you are under pressure. Both teams played in great spirit and it's a beautiful feeling. The Sri Lanka captain and players wanted to know about my process, so I told them and I hope they enjoyed listening to it.

Wanindu Hasaranga is the Player of the Match as well as the Player of the Series. "The wicket was slow, and our spinners bowled really well," he says. "When I bowl, I always try to bowl dot balls. That helps in getting wickets. The fielding also helps. I am really happy because other boys played really well throughout the series, both in ODIs and T20Is."

Okay, it's time for the presentation ceremony.

Now Rahul Dravid and Mickey Arthur are having a chat.

Dinuk: "Did anybody see Dhawan speaking to the Sri Lankan team? WOW!! that's magnificent selflessness from the Indian Captain. These small things makes huge impact on the friendship of the two teams in a positive way. Hats off to Dhawan. "

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zami: "It had goosebumps when I saw Dhawan was surrounded by the SL team and he is having a lords of advice for them. This is a gentlemen game indeed :)"

Suhas Reddy: "Happy to see SL win - from an Indian!"

Lakwin: "This series has taken back our cricket-loving public to memories of more glorious days. It also has been a gush of happiness to a win-deprived once frenzied cricketing nation. This series is also an epitome of the longstanding brotherhood India and SL share as cricketing nations. Dravids body language and fatherly anecdotes towards our youngsters, as well as all the nice gestures by Hardik and the other players have been truly heartwarming. "

Saman: "Kuldeep Yadav is the joint-highest scorer of the match."

Dinesh: "MoM, MoS both will go to Hasaranga?" --- I think so, hard to disagree.

11.00pm So, after losing their last five T20I series, Sri Lanka register a win, beating India 2-1. This also brings an end to India's eight-series winning streak in the format. Co-incidentally, Sri Lanka's last T20I series win was also under Shanaka, against Pakistan in Pakistan in 2019. Tonight, once Sri Lanka restricted India to 81 for 8, only a miracle could have denied them a win. Rahul Chahar bowled well, picking up all three wickets to fall, and even though Sri Lanka were 42 for 2 after ten overs, the target was too small to create any panic.

14.4
1w
Varun to de Silva, 1 wide, given caught-behind but Sri Lanka re reviewing this. A length ball spinning down the leg side. The batter missed the flick. Nothing on the UltraEdge, so Dharmasena will have to change his decision. That also means it's a wide and that's the winning run for Sri Lanka
14.3
2lb
Varun to de Silva, 2 leg byes, length ball spinning in. Beats the inside edge and hits the pad. The deflection goes past the keeper and they get two leg-byes to third man
14.2
1
Varun to PW Hasaranga, 1 run, fuller outside off. Looked like a google. Hasaranga looked to go over midwicket but ended up inside-edging it towards square leg
14.1
1
Varun to de Silva, 1 run, length, wide outside off, steered towards short third man

Varun. This could be the last over of the match

END OF OVER:
14 | 11 Runs | SL: 77/3 (5 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.50, RRR: 0.83)

  • Wanindu Hasaranga13 (8b)
  • Dhananjaya de Silva22 (18b)
  • Sandeep Warrier3-0-23-0
  • Kuldeep Yadav2-0-16-0
13.6
0
Sandeep Warrier to PW Hasaranga, no run, slower one. Length ball in the channel. Pushes at it and gets beaten
13.5
0
Sandeep Warrier to PW Hasaranga, no run, another short one. Angling in towards the batter and rising as well. Hasaranga does well to dab it down towards the slip fielder

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st23M BhanukaWIA Fernando
2nd12M BhanukaS Samarawickrama
3rd21DM de SilvaS Samarawickrama
4th26DM de SilvaPW Hasaranga