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Team India registered a dominating win over Sri Lanka in the deciding third and final T20 International (T20I) t⛎o seal the three🦹-match series 2-1 on Saturday.
Suryakumar Yadav was the star of the night for the hosts as he continued his golden run with the bat, smashing his third T20I century to light up the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. Coming in at no.4, the right-handed batter reach♏ed the three-figure mark off just 45 deliveries with the help of 6 fours and eight humungous sixes.
Suryakumar also became the first non-opener to hit three T20I centuries and the second-fastest centurion for India after Rohit Sharma🐼, who scored a 35-ball ton back in 2017 aga🐲inst the same opposition in Indore.
Surya showcased a wide array of scintillating shots taking all the Lankan bowlers to the cleaners. The India vice-captain completed his fifty off just 26 balls and then took only 19 deliveries to reach the 100-run mark as the world’s number one batter stayed unbeaten on 112 from 51 deliveries. Apart from SKY, opener Shubman Gill chipped in with a 36-ball 46-run knock.
In response, the Islanders got bundled out for a mere 137, losing the contest by 91 runs. Arshdeep Singh (3/20) picked up three wickets, while Hardik Panya (2/30), Yuzvendra Chahal (2/30) and Umran Malik (2/31) bagged two wickets apiece.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
India seal the T20I series 2️⃣-1️⃣
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC)
𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓢𝓾𝓻𝔂𝓪 👏👏
3⃣rd T20I to🥃n for & what an outstanding knock this has been �♚� 🧨
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Inꩲdia seal the series with thumping win in 3rd T💃20I. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Saturday special from at Rajkot, pure ent🎉ertainment 👏
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Unbelievable inning 👏🏻🫡
Maintaining 360 degrees ꦛin freezi♕ng cold🔥 bhai ♥️— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18)
The unbeatable beast is here to conquer the cricket world!
Bow down to the OG !— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
That was on🦂e insane batting display by 😳👏 just ran away with the game! Heads up let’s do well in ODIs
— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews)
Well done Team India♓, brought their A game in the decider 👏🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Most runs for Indian No.6 or lower batters in a men's T20I series:
117 – Axar Patel v SL, 2023
92 – Venkatesh Iyer v WI, 2022
92 – Dinesh Karthik v SA, 2022
89 – Manish Pandey v NZ, 2020
83 – Dinesh Karthik in SL tri-series, 2018Infact, all of Axar's runs came at #7.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
What a knock ! Time to put him in test cricket!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Wow SKY , I just took a short fꦅlight but looks like you’ve flown far higher tha🎐n me today 😊
Yet again an astounding , gobsmacking knock ❤️
— DK (@DineshKarthik)
Skills, technique and Jigar Surya 💯🤩
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
The incredible SKY of Indian Cricket.
Another extraordinary performance by 🙌🏻— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Wins and Whistles!
The W Combo! 🥳 🦁💛
📸 :— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
India continues their domination at home in T20I bilaterals, haven't lost a single series in last 4 years.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
And we seal the series!! Great performance by this young Indian team 🍷led by 💪🏻 Well played 🍃everyone!
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
A 91-run win and a series victory for India in ♏Rajkot! | 📝Scorecard:
— ICC (@ICC)
Sri Lanka has now played 25 bilateral series across formats against India in India and remains the only country where they haven't beaten the host nation in a bilateral rubber.
40 years and counting…— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
A SKY-show, followed by dominating bowling from Arsh, Hardik and Chahal 👌🏼 ♉clinches t🧸he T20I series 🏆 😍
Next stop: ODIs 👊
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
I have been very fortunate to have s💖een some great players at the height of their powers. Watching over the last year sits comfortably on that 🐻list.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Hardik's reaction to that Surya Six is everyone's reaction to almost every shot that Surya hits.
📸 Hotstar
— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin)
I never watched putting fear and awe in equal measure and sense of haplessness in bowler. Maybe just providing some glimpses of how the King used to play .
PS- B🥀y no means, I am trying to compare the incomparable Richar💯ds with— Vimal कुमार (@Vimalwa)
Incredible Surya!!!🎉 Mesmerising to the eyes. Unreal stu♓ff
— Unmukt Chand (@UnmuktChand9)
