third T20I: Wanindu Hasaranga stars in low-scoring win as Sri Lanka clinch first-ever T20I sequence vs India

Sri Lanka produced a medical efficiency within the deciding third T20 worldwide towards India to win the match by 7 wickets and clinch the sequence 2-1 in Colombo on Thursday. Chasing a paltry 82 for victory, the Lankans stuttered a bit however managed to ultimately scrape previous the end line to register their first-ever T20I sequence win over India.

The inexperienced Indian bowling assault could not make a fist of the match because the goal was simply too small to pose a problem although they managed to bag three wickets by way of Rahul Chahar, who despatched again each openers Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka for 12 and 18 respectively. The leg-spinner bagged 3 for 15 from his 4 overs.Dhananjaya de Silva (23 not out) and Wanindu Hasaranga (14 not out) completed the job by the fifteenth over to assist Sri Lanka register their first T20I sequence win in two years. It was underneath Dasun Shanaka that they final received a T20I sequence in October 2019, towards Pakistan in Lahore.India vs Sri Lanka third T20I: HighlightsThe defeat additionally introduced an finish to India’s 8-series unbeaten run in T20 worldwide cricket. Although it have to be famous that this wasn’t India’s full-strength aspect as they misplaced 9 of their common gamers within the remaining two T20Is after Krunal Pandya examined constructive for Covid-19 earlier this week.The match nonetheless, was arrange by the Lankan all-rounder Hasaranga, who bagged his maiden four-wicket haul on his twenty fourth birthday to nearly finish the competition within the first half of India’s innings.India received off to a poor begin with Shikhar Dhawan falling for a golden duck to Dushmantha Chameera within the first over. The skipper’s dismissal triggered a dramatic batting collapse because the younger batsmen did not deal with the Lankan spinners for the second sport in a row.HASARANGA SPECIAL FLOORS INDIA AFP PhotoDevdutt Padikkal received run out for 9 earlier than Hasaranga bagged the wickets of Sanju Samson (0) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (14) within the fifth over to scale back India to 25 for 4 inside 5 overs.Dasun Shanaka then stepped up, taking an excellent catch on his follow-through to ship again Nitish Rana for six earlier than Hasaranga returned to dismiss Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 16.It was Bhuvi’s partnership with Kuldeep Yadav which turned out to be the perfect one for India, with the duo including 19 runs for the Seventh-wicket to take the crew previous the 50-run mark.Kuldeep waged a lone battle from there one, scoring 23 not out as India completed with 81 for 8 in 20 overs, their third-lowest complete in T20Is and the second lowest by a crew after batting the complete quota of overs on this format.Hasaranga completed with a career-best 4 for 9 from his 4 overs which can also be the perfect figures by any cricketer on his birthday in T20I cricket, bettering the earlier file of 4 for 21 by South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir towards the Netherlands throughout a 2014 T20 World Cup group match in Chittagong.