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India clean swept the 3-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. Team India defeated Sri Lanka in the Super Over in the last match. In Pallekele, the Sri Lankan team gave a target of just 3 runs in the Super Over and captain Suryakumar gave them victory by hitting a four on the first ball.
India lost the toss and batted first and scored 137 runs for 9 wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka could only score 137 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs and the match was tied.
Sri Lanka needed 6 runs to win in the last over. Captain Surya himself came to bowl and gave only 5 runs off 6 balls. He also took two wickets. In the 19th over, Rinku Singh took two wickets for 2 runs. Washington Sundar was the Player of the Match. He scored 25 runs and took 2 wickets.
Match Summary: IND vs SL 3rd T20
Detail |
Description |
Match Result |
India won the match in Super Over |
Series Result |
India won the 3-match T20 series 3-0 |
Location | |
Toss |
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field |
India's Batting (First Innings) |
Scored 137 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs |
Sri Lanka's Batting (Second Innings) |
Scored 137 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs (Match tied) |
Super Over Target by Sri Lanka |
3 runs |
India's Super Over Performance |
Suryakumar Yadav hit a four on the first ball to win the match |
Player of the Match |
Washington Sundar |
Spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar proved to be India's man winner. He sent Kusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka to the pavilion in just 4 balls in the super over. Not only this, Sundar also played an important innings of 25 runs in 18 balls in batting.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav came to bowl the last over of the innings, then Sri Lanka needed 6 runs to win. In such a situation, Surya tied the match by giving just 5 runs. He could score only 8 runs in batting. ,
The 19th over of the Sri Lankan innings was the turning point of the match. Rinku Singh gave only 2 runs in this over and dismissed 2 batsmen. Due to this successful over, the match could reach the last and then the super over.
Opener Shubman Gill played an innings of 39 runs in 37 balls. He scored runs at a strike rate of 105.41 with the help of 3 fours, Riyan Parag scored 26 runs in 18 balls. He made an important partnership of 54 runs in 40 balls with opener Shubman Gill. It was only on the basis of this partnership that Team India was able to score 137 runs.
2024-07-31