Star India batter Virat Kohli once again struggled against spin and became the victim of Dunith Wellalage for just 20 and finished the series on a disappointing note.
India came back from the dead as Sri Lanka upstaged the collapses they suffered in the first and second T20Is to win the third of the series in the Super Over. Chasing a target of 138, Sri Lanka went from being 110/1 in the 16th over to tying the scores at 137/8, thus losing seven wickets for 27 runs in 28 balls. They then lost both their wickets to a brilliant Washington Sundar in the Super Over for two runs and India captain Suryakumar Yadav hit a four off the first ball to take his team to a series clean sweep in his first stint as full-time captain of the T20I side.
India sauntered to their first series win with Gautam Gambhir as head coach and Suryakumar Yadav as full-time T20I captain by beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second of the three-match T20I series. Sri Lanka had set a target of 162 for India to chase and that had to be reduced to 78 in eight overs due to rain. India ended up blasting their way to the target in 6.3 overs.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed 58 in 26 balls and led his team to a 43-run win over Sri Lanka in the first T20I. India scored 213/7 batting first and while Pathum Nissanka's 79 in 48 balls kept Sri Lanka in the chase, the hosts collapsed in a heap after the 14th over.
Bengaluru: Indian players greet each other after winning the second test cricket match and the series during the third day of 2nd test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Monday, March 14, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)(PTI03_14_2022_000300A)
Bengaluru: India's batsmen Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer during the second day of the second test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Sunday, March 13, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)(PTI03_13_2022_000217B)
India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis during the first day of 2nd test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Saturday, March 12, 2022.
Dharamshala: India�s Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during the 2nd T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at HPCA Cricket Stadium, in Dharamshala, Saturday Feb. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) (PTI02_26_2022_000306A)
Indian bowler Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with team captain Rohit Sharma after the wicket of Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal, during the 1st T20 cricket match between India and Sri Lanka
Touchdown! Captain Shikhar Dhawan captures checking into the hotel in Colombo ahead of their T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Yuzvendra Chahal and Navdeep Saini alongside Dhawan
