Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Full Cricket Score: Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets, clinch series 2-1

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That brings us to the end of India's tour of Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue starting off with a dominant victory in the first ODI, only for Sri Lanka to fight back from that defeat and compete hard in every game thereafter. Both teams end with a series victory apiece, with Sri Lanka winning their first bilateral series since the Dasun Shanaka-led side completed a 3-0 sweep over Pakistan in an away campaign in 2019. The 2-1 victory is also their first series win over India in 13 years, the side last having beaten the Indians 3-2 in a one-day series at home in 2008.

Here's hoping the youngsters in the two sides will have learnt their lessons moving forward in a World Cup year, and the selectors of the two sides will have had a better idea of what their squads look like for the T20 extravaganza that takes place in the UAE in October-November this year. For now, it's time for us to bid you all good night!

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Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka: First of all, I should thank BCCI, under these circumstances, they agreed to play. Special thanks to Dravid and Dhawan. This was our best performance in the last few years. Not only myself, but all the boys were also working very hard with their fitness, they want to be world class, you see how Chameera started, Hasaranga bowled, Karunaratne is a gem for Sri Lankan cricket. They have been using their brains really well and I am lucky to lead this team. When a low score is set, it's really hard, it is good if you get a good start, hopefully in the future but these guys are young and they will learn.

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Shikhar Dhawan, India captain; It was a difficult situation for us, and as a team we decided to stay and complete the series. Lots of learning and I’m proud of the way the boys played in the series and also in the last two games. Their attitude was tremendous. Last game was quite close. Today it was an off day for us as a batting unit. We lost too many wickets, and Sri Lankan bowlers bowled well. They were getting turn from ball one. Glad we could even reach till 80, that was the best we could do. I total agree both teams played in great spirit. It was beautiful that we were quite competitive on the field, and at the same time the respect was there. The Sri Lankan captain wanted to my know what’s my process, and I was sharing that with them, and hope they enjoyed listening to it.

23:18 (IST)

Hasaranga is named the Man of the Match and Man of the Series as well.

"The wicket was slow, the spinners bowled really well. When I bowl I always try to bowl dot balls that's why I easily take wickets. I am really happy because our boys did really well throughout the series, ODI and T20I."

23:01 (IST)

After 14.3 overs,Sri Lanka 82/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 23 , Wanindu Hasaranga 14)

A single off each of the first two balls, with two leg byes off the third. De Silva’s adjudged caught-behind while attempting to nudge at a delivery fired down leg by Chakravarthy, but manages to overturn it after Ultra Edge shows nothing. What’s more, the umpire signals it a wide, and that’s the winning run for the Sri Lankans.

Sri Lanka hammer India by seven wickets in the decider and take the series 2-1, snapping their own losing streak and bringing India’s winning run in T20Is to an end!

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After 14 overs,Sri Lanka 77/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 22 , Wanindu Hasaranga 13)

Dhananjaya de Silva further puts the Sri Lankan camp at ease with a boundary at the start of Warrier’s third over. Things get even worse two balls later as a throw towards the striker’s end ends up missing the poles and runs away for five overthrows. 10 from the over. Sri Lanka on the verge of a memorable series win, needing just five more now.

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FOUR! Pulled in front of square by Dhananjaya off a short delivery from Warrier! The Sri Lankans are marching towards the target now. SL 70/3

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After 13 overs,Sri Lanka 66/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 16 , Wanindu Hasaranga 8)

Kuldeep into his second over. Hasaranga, the new man at the crease, gets off the mark with an uppish cover drive off the third ball that fetches him two runs, followed by another double next ball. Hasaranga ends the over with a well-executed slog-sweep towards the vacant midwicket fence for his first boundary. Just 16 needed for the Lankans now, with 10 coming from this over.

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FOUR! Hasaranga gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps towards the vacant midwicket fence off the last delivery of Kuldeep's second over. Less than 20 left for the hosts to chase now. SL 66/3
 

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After 12 overs,Sri Lanka 56/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 15 , Wanindu Hasaranga 0)

Chahar into his final over. Fires one wide outside off to de Silva, who responds with a well-timed cut behind square for a boundary to bring up the team fifty. He then works the ball behind square on the leg side for a brace off the third, and collects a single next ball. Chahar ends his quota by getting Samarawickrama bowled for 6, finishing with figures of 4-0-15-3.

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BOWLED! Chahar picks up his third wicket off his final delivery of the evening. Samarawickrama, playing across the line, misses the topspinner and the ball clips the top of middle! Fine end to what has been a standout spell from the leggie so far. SL 56/3

Samarawickrama b Chahar 6(13)

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FOUR! Chahar fires this one wide outside off, and de Silva, who's been having a good series both with bat and ball, cuts this behind point for a boundary, bringing up the 50 for the team. SL 53/2

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After 11 overs,Sri Lanka 48/2 ( Sadeera Samarawickrama 5 , Dhananjaya de Silva 8)

Kuldeep Yadav, who had top-scored for the Indians today with an unbeaten 23, is introduced into the attack for the first time, with Samarawickrama and De Silva sticking to collecting the singles and showing no hurry yet. Big shout for LBW in the fifth delivery, but umpire Dharmasena shakes his head, and signals it as runs off the bat. Six from the over. Sri Lanka need 34 off 54.

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After 10 overs,Sri Lanka 42/2 ( Sadeera Samarawickrama 3 , Dhananjaya de Silva 4)

Massive appeal for LBW by Chahar and the Indians after Samarawickrama misses a sweep, and they go upstairs after the umpire Palliyaguruge shakes his head. Samarawickrama had shuffled far to his right and the ball looked like it would be missing off thanks to the slight turn, which is indeed the case on Hawk-Eye. De Silva goes for a lofted drive over extra cover, and the ball lands safely in front of the man standing at the deep. The two batsmen keep the scoreboard ticking with the ones in this over, building a steady partnership to take their team to safety. At the halfway stage, Sri Lanka have score three runs more than what the Indians had managed while losing as many wickets fewer. Sri Lanka need 40 off 60.

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After 9 overs,Sri Lanka 37/2 ( Sadeera Samarawickrama 2 , Dhananjaya de Silva 1)

Just two runs from Chakravarthy’s third over of the day with Samarawickrama and DDS collecting a single each, the latter getting off the mark. Sri Lanka not very far off from where India were at the same stage, their run rate a little over four an over at the moment. India have to capitalise on the current situation if they are to defend the 81-run total.

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After 8 overs,Sri Lanka 35/2 ( Sadeera Samarawickrama 1 , )

Chahar operates with a short leg in place. Stumping chance in the second ball as Samarawickrama is beaten for turn, but his foot is firmly inside at the time of Samson whipping the bails off. Chahar strikes for a second time this innings in the final ball of the over as he traps Bhanuka leg-before for 18. Bhanuka goes for the review and ends up burning it, getting three reds on Hawk-Eye. Sri Lanka need 47 to win from 72 with 8 wickets in hand.

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OUT! Chahar's keeping India's series hopes alive! Traps Bhanuka leg-before with a delivery that straightens after pitching along off, the umpire raising his finger right away. Bhanuka goes for the review and gets three reds in return. SL 35/2

Bhanuka LBW Chahar 18(27)

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After 7 overs,Sri Lanka 33/1 ( Minod Bhanuka (W) 17 , Sadeera Samarawickrama 0)

Debutant Warrier into his second over. Bhanuka collects a brace off the second delivery, before ramping a short ball over the keeper’s head for a boundary. An under-pressure Bhanuka then concedes a wide. Another brace for Bhanuka off the fourth, and a single off the final ball as he keeps the strike. He’s batting on 17 at the moment, and will look to anchor the remainder of the chase.

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FOUR! Ramped over the keeper's head by Bhanuka off a short ball from Warrier, and that should ease some of pressure for the Lankans created by Fernando's dismissal. SL 29/1

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After 6 overs,Sri Lanka 23/1 ( Minod Bhanuka (W) 8 , Sadeera Samarawickrama 0)

Rahul Chahar is brought into the attack in the final over of powerplay, and he gets rid of in-form opener Fernando, who chips the ball tamely back to the bowler with Chahar pulling off a fine catch off his own bowling. Just one off the over aside from the wicket, with SL’s run rate a shade under four-an-over so far. India might have a chance after all.

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OUT! Superbly caught by Chahar off his own bowling, as Fernando departs for 12. The right-handed opener looking to pull this in front of square, but was surprised by the bounce and turn, and ended up tamely toe-ending the ball back to the bowler, who has to dive to his left to complete a fine return catch. SL 23/1

Fernando c and b Chahar 12(18)

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After 5 overs,Sri Lanka 22/0 ( Avishka Fernando 12 , Minod Bhanuka (W) 7)

Change of bowling as Sandeep Warrier, right-arm medium, comes into the attack, replaces Bhuvi. Starts off with a dot. Concedes a single off the second ball to Fernando, followed by two more dots. Bhanuka eases one to square of the wicket on off side for a single. Last ball stopped at cover. Good start from Warrier in his debut match. 

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After 4 overs,Sri Lanka 20/0 ( Avishka Fernando 11 , Minod Bhanuka (W) 6)

Chakravarthy continues. Bhanuka takes a single off a misfield at cover. Second ball is a bad one, short tracker and hit for a boundary by Fernando. Eight off the over. This is a good start from Sri Lanka in this chase.

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FOUR! Fernando hits Chakravarthy for a boundary, short one from the spinner and Fernando had enough time to hit to deep mid-wicket

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After 3 overs,Sri Lanka 12/0 ( Avishka Fernando 5 , Minod Bhanuka (W) 4)

Bhuvneshwar continues. No run on the first ball. Second slightly fuller and Fernando drives it mid on to collect three. Dhawan saves one there. Two off the second ball as Bhanuka hits it over the mid-wicket fielder. A wide from Bhuvi, criminal under circumstances. Seven off the over. 

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After 2 overs,Sri Lanka 5/0 ( Avishka Fernando 2 , Minod Bhanuka (W) 1)

Varun Chakravarthy, right-arm leg break, bowls from the other end. First ball short from Varun and Bhanuka hits it to square leg and collects a single. Varun then bowls four dots on the trot to Fernando before conceding a single. Two off the over.

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After 1 over,Sri Lanka 3/0 ( Avishka Fernando 1 , Minod Bhanuka (W) 0)

Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka walk out to bat as the Sri Lankans hope to make quick work of the lowly target set to them by the Indians. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the ball in hand at the start of the first over. Tidy first over from Bhuvneshwar as he gives away three runs, including a single that allows Fernando to get off the mark in the second delivery.

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A brilliant performance in the field from Sri Lanka. The spinners bowled cleverly, varied their pace well and there was a lot of deception. The Indian batsmen looked confused and were bamboozled by the change in pace and spin. Kuldeep was the highest scorer with 23 runs and there were just four fours in the innings. Says a lot about India's batting.

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After 20 overs,India 81/8 ( Kuldeep Yadav 23 , Chetan Sakariya 5)

Sri Lanka restrict India to 81/8. A good final over from Chameera. He belted out good variety in bouncer, slower delivery and yorker. Along with a wide there were 3 singles in the over and Kuldeep lofted one over mid off for a two. Just four boundaries in India's entire innings. 

21:27 (IST)

Chameera will bowl the final over...

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After 19 overs,India 75/8 ( Kuldeep Yadav 20 , Chetan Sakariya 3)

Kuldeep getting some crucial runs. He is the top scorer so far with 20 runs. He pulls a slower bouncer to deep mid-wicket for a couple and then tucks one to fine leg for three. Sakariya then smashes one to short extra cover where the fielder misfields and allows a single. Kuldeep then takes a single to point before Sakariya heaves one to deep mid-wicket but only for a single. 9 runs off the over.

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Shanaka back into the attack...

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After 18 overs,India 66/8 ( Kuldeep Yadav 14 , Chetan Sakariya 1)

Another good over for Sri Lanka. A couple of fast bouncers in that over from Chameera. Kuldeep fighting it out in the middle, trying to garner as many singles in that over. Chameera bowls a slower one after a bouncer and Kuldeep is totally outfoxed as he looks to heave it to the leg side but misses it.  Kuldeep then pushes one to the leg side for a single to keep the strike. 3 runs off the over.

21:19 (IST)

Perhaps the best birthday ever for Hasaranga?

Best T20I figures on birthday

4/9 W Hasaranga v Ind Colombo (29 Jul 2021) *
4/21 Imran Tahir v Net Chittagong (27 Mar 2014)
3/23 Yuvraj v SL Mohali (12 Dec 2009)

* Full Member teams only #SLvIND

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 29, 2021

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Chameera back into the attack...

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After 17 overs,India 63/8 ( Kuldeep Yadav 12 , Chetan Sakariya 0)

What a spell from Hasaranga - 4-0-9-4. He bowls a mix of leg spinners and googlies in that over and gets the wicket of Chakravarthy. Just a single and a wicket off the over. Hasaranga has been really impressive on this tour. What a spell on his birthday!

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India 63/8. Chetak Sakariya is the new batsman...

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OUT! The Sri Lankans are flying in the field. It's that googly outside off, Chakravarthy comes forward and flicks it uppishly. Karunaratne at short mid-wicket flies to his left, and somehow manages to grab the catch. He fumbled a bit but recovered well to hold the ball to his body and drop it onto the ground.

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After 16 overs,India 62/7 ( Kuldeep Yadav 11 , Varun Chakravarthy 0)

Another over, another wicket falls for India. Apart from the one down the leg side which was trickled for a four, it was a decent over from Shanaka. He mixed his lengths well. And the pace as well. He managed to induce a leading edge as well which flew safely to third man. And got that wicket off the slower bouncer of Chahar. Shanaka has been brilliant with has variations and his fielding as well. 7 runs and a wicket off the over. 

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OUT! Another one bites the dust. India 62/7. It's the slower bouncer on middle, Chahar at first looks to upper cut but then looks to take his bat away at the last moment. Ends up playing a half-hearted upper cut. The ball loops into the air and the keeper accepts a simple catch.

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FOUR! A boundary after 70 balls. It's a poor delivery from Shanaka, it drags it down the leg side, Chahar trickles it and it runs away to fine leg.

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After 15 overs,India 55/6 ( Kuldeep Yadav 9 , Rahul Chahar 0)

A successful over for Hasaranga. He kept a tight leash, gave away just two singles off the first four balls. Forced Bhuvneshwar to make things happen and then had him caught at short extra cover. He finished the over with a google off which Chahar missed his flick, there was an appeal for an LBW but the umpire turned it down. Looked to be going down the leg side. 2 runs and a wicket off the over.

21:04 (IST)

OUT! Another brilliant catch from Shanaka. It's on length on middle and spinning away. Bhuvneshwar stays in his crease and looks to loft it over extra cover, doesn't connect it well and Shanaka at short extra cover leaps to pouch a one-handed catch. 

21:03 (IST)

Hasaranga back on...

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After 14 overs,India 53/5 ( Bhuvneshwar Kumar 15 , Kuldeep Yadav 8)

50 up for India. A sort of a milestone. After two runs off the first three balls, Dananjaya drops one slightly short, it spins away, Bhuvneshwar rocks back and looks to hammer it over extra cover but misses. Bhuvneshwar then pushes it to covers for a single before Kuldeep drives one behind point for a couple. 5 runs off the over again.

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Dananjaya continues...

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After 13 overs,India 48/5 ( Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13 , Kuldeep Yadav 5)

India finally manage to get away from singles and manage to get a two in that over. This time the batsmen looked a bit authoritative. Bhuvneshwar punched one to deep cover for a single, there was a bit of hesitation for the second but they decided against taking it. Kuldeep then drove one through covers for a single. Bhuvneshwar pulled one to deep mid-wicket and then Kuldeep too connected a pull off the middle to get the two. Karunaratne finished the over with a slower one and a dot as Kuldeep pushed it to backward point. 5 runs off the over.

20:55 (IST)

Karunaratne back into the attack....Surprising given that Shanaka was bowling well...

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After 12 overs,India 43/5 ( Bhuvneshwar Kumar 11 , Kuldeep Yadav 2)

Nice deceptive over from Dananjaya. He flighted them well, bowled leg spin and off spin. He beat Bhuvneshwar's outside edge off one that spun away sharply. Bhuvneshwar has to be cautious throughout the over and took a single off the last ball to long off.  Just that one run off the over. 

20:53 (IST)

Wasim bhai sums it up neatly

Mood right now 🙂 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/95nA9Ypp3h

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 29, 2021

India vs Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) 3rd T20I Live Cricket Score Updates: Sri Lanka hammer India by seven wickets in the decider and take the series 2-1, snapping their own losing streak and bringing India’s winning run in T20Is to an end!

Preview: India take on Sri Lanka in the 3rd T20I in Colombo. After the COVID-19 chaos which saw Krunal Pandya and eight of his close contacts in the Indian team ruled out of the series, the action finally got underway following one day postponement.

Sri Lanka bounced back in the 2nd T20I to draw level 1-1. It was a good bowling effort from them, especially the spinners to restrict India to a below-par total of 132/5. Their batsmen stuttered in the chase but crucial contributions from Minod Bhanuka (36 off 31), Dhananjaya de Silva (40 off 34), Chamika Karunaratne (12 off 6) and Wanindu Hasarange (15 off 11) made sure that Sri Lanka were still alive as they chased down the target with two deliveries to spare.

They would be happy that the middle order made crucial contributions after failures early on.

India were unlucky as they were down to bare bones with the availability of the players. They were forced to play just five batsmen along with six bowlers and they had to strategise accordingly in the batting department. There were 4 debuts for India and they will get another chance to shine on the big stage.

The team will mostly be the same given the lack of options at hand. One of the batsmen will need to bat through while the other will need to take their chances and try to bat big as well. The pitches have been slower and sluggish and the batsmen will have to find a way to score runs on tough tracks and against pace variations.

For India, Kuldeep Yadav impressed in the bowling department and he will be looking to get back into the reckoning for the T20 World Cup with another solid performance.

With Sri Lanka looking to end on a high after the ODI series loss and India looking to do the double, we could be in for an enthralling finale.

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