Ind vs SL, 3rd T20I: Shreyas Iyer, Bowlers Star As India Complete 3-0 Series Clean Sweep Against Sri Lanka

With this win, team India has now equaled the world record for most wins in T20 International cricket in a row and finished third straight T20I series whitewash.

Shreyas Iyer, Pic: BCCI / Twitter

New Delhi: An all-around performance from the Indian cricket team helped them win the third and final T20I by six wickets to complete a 3-0 series clean sweep over Sri Lanka, on Sunday, at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. With this win, team India has now equaled the world record for most wins in T20 International cricket in a row and finished third straight T20I series whitewash.

Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and batted first against India. Their decision to invite the hosts to bowl first proved to be a disaster for them as the Indian bowlers rocked the Sri Lankan batting line-up to restrict them to just 146/5 in their allotted 20 overs. For team India, Avesh Khan bagged two wickets, while spinner Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Siraj picked one wicket apiece. 

That's that from the final T20I.#TeamIndia win by 6 wickets to complete a clean sweep 3-0 against Sri Lanka.

Scorecard - https://t.co/gD2UmwjsDF #INDvSL @Paytm pic.twitter.com/er1AQY6FmL

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2022

For the visitors, Dasun Shanaka played a captain's knock and stitched a solid stand with Dinesh Chandimal to power his team to a respectable total. 

Sri Lanka had a poor start to their innings and after losing quick wickets, they were restricted to 18 runs for loss of three wickets after the end of powerplay. With Sri Lanka in deep trouble, captain Shanaka took things under control and made sure his team posted a good 1st innings total on board.

Team India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi

Sri Lanka playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lahiru Kumara