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Team India defeated Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I to compl𝓰ete the clean sweep over the Islanders at HP🐲CA stadium in Dharmsala on Sunday.
Chasing 147, Shreyas Iyer continued from where he left in the previous match, playing another match-winnꦅing knock to take India home. The right-handed batter stayed unbeaten on 73 off 45 deliveries, with the help of 10 boundaries, including a six.
All-rounder duo of Deepak Hooda (21) and Ravindra Jadeja (21 not out) chipped in with some valuable contributions to help hosts register a whitewash over Sri Lanka in the thre🥀e-mไatch T20I series.
Earlier, India restricted the tourists for 146/5 in their allotted 20 overs. Avesh Khan was the pick of the bowler for the home team, taking a couple of wickets for 23 runs in his quota of 4 overs, including a maiden. Harshal Patel (1/29), Mohammed Siraj (1/22) and Ravi Bishnoi (1/32) bagged one wicket apiece.
For the visitors, captain Dasun Shanaka was the lone war🌊rior, with the rest of the batters failing to stay in the middle for too long. Shanaka played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 74 runs off just 38 balls, including nine fou꧃rs and a couple of six.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
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Whitewash complete. ✅
T20𓄧I winning streak now 1️⃣2️⃣ ✅ continuing the winning habit with another commanding perfꦰormance.Onto the Test series now. 💪🏻
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
100 on Test debut, IPL captaincy, T20 match winner for India. He's just 27, seen the lows, learnt from mistakes. Great future ahead. Iyer, what A Year.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Shreyas Iyer has scored 204 runs in the 3-match T20I series v SL. That's the most scored by an Indian in a 3-match T20I series. Suryakumar Yadav in WI T20 series & Shreyas v SL T20 series were exceptional
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
This series bel🌠onged to ! 200+ runs, 3 half-centuries
15/15 wins on the trot for skipper Rohit Sharma.
India 3-0 Sri Lanka
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
Threജe unbeaten 50+ scores in a bilat♚eral T20I series:
Warner vs SL, 2019 – 100*, 60*, 57*
Kohli vs Eng, 2021 – 73*, 77*, 80* (5 mats)
S Iyer vs SL, 2022 – 57*, 74*, 73*— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Once again, Shreyas Iyer takes India🔴 home. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
That's that from the final T20I. win by 6 wickets to complete a clean sweep 3-0 against Sri Lanka.
Scorecard –
— BCCI (@BCCI)
57*(28) | 74*(44) | 73*(45) 🔥
Bowlers to Shreyas in series:
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
🇮🇳👏 THUMPING WIN!𝕴 Whitewashing opponents has become a hobby for our boys these days. 😉
✅ T20Is. ⏳ Tests.
📸 BCCI • 🇮🇳
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
India complete a 3-0 clean sweep 🙌
They win tꦚhe third T20I against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala by six wickets 💪
— ICC (@ICC)
fans to Shreyas Iyer at the end of this series:
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
The hero of India in the T20 series against Sri🔜 Lanka:
57*(28) in first T20I
74*(44) in second T20I
73*(45) in third T20IThe show of Shreyas Iyer.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)