Sri Lanka beat India by 7 wickets on Thursday in the third and final T20I played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to take the series 2-1.
In what was complete domination by the hosts, the bowlers did the job for the Sri Lankans as they restricted India to a paltry total.
On his birthday, Wanindu Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka restrict India to 81/8 – India’s third-lowest total in T20Is.
Hasaranga’s figures of 4/9 were the second-best bowling figures in T20Is between Sri Lanka and India. It is Sri Lanka’s first series win in T20Is since October 2019.
Sri Lanka chased them down in the 15th over to win by 7 wickets and take the T20 series 2-1, having lost the ODIs 1-2.
Earlier, India skipper Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the series-deciding third twenty20 International on Thursday.
India replaced injured Navdeep Saini, who hurt his shoulder while fielding on Wednesday, with debutant Kerala pacer Sandeep Warrier. Sri Lanka also have replaced injured Isuru Udana with Pathum Nissanka.
India won the first match while Sri Lanka equalled the series by winning the second T20 on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka finally registers their first series win in the year 2021.
-Agencies
