IND vs SL, 3rd T20I HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat Sri Lanka By 78 Runs To Seal Series 2-0 At Pune

Background

Pune: After registering a comfortable win in the second T20I in Indore, Virat Kohli-led team India will eye to wrap up the 3-match series when they play against Sri Lanka in the final T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will look to improve their performance on all fronts as they aim to level the series 1-1 with the first game at Guwahati being abandoned due to damp pitch.

Toss Update: Lasith Malinga won his first toss of 2020 and invited India to bat first in Pune. Sanju Samson comes in place of Rishabh Pant. Chahal replaces Kuldeep Yadav and Manish Pandey gets a game in place of Shivam Dube.

Breaking: @IamSanjuSamson makes his Team India comeback. After 4 long years. Almost didnt remember to call it his 'debut'. Comes in place of @RishabhPant17 as keeper! Will it be one-off or will Sanju grab chance with both hands? Important going into the #WorldT20 #INDvSL

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Virat Kohli: We wanted to bat first as we wanted to do something different today. Toss was almost irrelevant as we knew they wanted to bowl first. Trend is going towards team batting second. You can't go into the match thinking you can only do well when you chase. We want to embrace difficult things also.

Huddle talks ✔✔
Warm -up ✔✔ #TeamIndia ready to roar in the 3rd and final T20I against Sri Lanka.#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/KcSGsdWO1q

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Lasith Malinga: We will bowl first. There might be dew in the second innings. Our top-four batsmen need to get big runs. We have discussed that. We have two changes. Angelo and Sandakan come in.

Squads:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera(w), Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lasith Malinga(c), Lahiru Kumara

India (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli(c), Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson(w), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

22:21 PM (IST)  •  10 Jan 2020

India v Sri Lanka - last 19 series across all 3 formats: India Won - 17 Sri Lanka Won - 0 Drawn - 2 Last time Sri… https://t.co/0L9Bf90A3q

22:16 PM (IST)  •  10 Jan 2020

India in 3-match T20I series: Played - 15 Won - 13 Lost - 1 Drawn - 1 Only loss was vs NZ in 2019. #IndvSL

22:14 PM (IST)  •  10 Jan 2020

A dominant all-round performance by team India powered them to a 78-run win and seal the three-match series 2-0 against Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I at Pune on Friday. The Indian bowlers were so good that they bowled out Sri Lanka in just 15.5 overs as the 'Men-In-Blue' wrap up the T20I series in style !

22:06 PM (IST)  •  10 Jan 2020

OUT ! Sandakan departs for one! He went for another ariel hit but missed it completely, courtesy a clever delivery from Wahington Sundar. It's now the Sri Lankan skipper Malinga next to the crease. Meanwhile, Dhananjaya de Silva gets a fine 31-ball fifty.

22:00 PM (IST)  •  10 Jan 2020

One brings two! ✌️ Shanaka and Hasaranga head back in the space of two deliveries. 🇱🇰 110/7 (13.5) #INDvSL #ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals