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India beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, sweep T20 series 3-0
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India beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets to sweep the series 3-0 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday night. (BCCI)
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India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field against Sri Lanka in the third and final T20. (BCCI)
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India had already clinched the series by winning in Cuttack (by 93 runs) and Indore (88 runs). (BCCI)
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The dead rubber did not start well for Sri Lanka as the Jaydev Unadkat-led attack regularly picked wickets. (BCCI)
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Jaydev Unadkat bowled beautifully to pick 2/15 in his four overs. Debutant Washington Sundar also picked one wicket. (BCCI)
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Hardik Pandya also starred with the ball, scalping two as Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj took one each. (BCCI)
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Asela Gunaratne was the top-scorer for Sri Lanka with 36 as Indian bowlers restricted the visitors to 135/7. (BCCI)
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Rohit Sharma took off well but eventually got out after scoring 27. (BCCI)
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Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer handled the innings for India in the middle overs but both scoring in 30s. (BCCI)
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Shreyas Iyer looked good for a half-century but was run out in unfortunate fashion. (BCCI)
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Sri Lanka then saw their chance and stemmed the run flow also picking a few wickets. Dasun Shanaka and Dushmantha Chameera took two each. (BCCI)
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But the cool head and experience of Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the difference. (BCCI)
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Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni remained unbeaten and guided India to a 5-wicket victory. (BCCI)
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