India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I at Colombo, 29 Jul, 2021

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 81/8 (20)
Sri Lanka 82/3 (14.3)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Wanindu Hasaranga
  • Wanindu Hasaranga 14 * (9)
  • Dhananjaya de Silva 27 * (22)

Over 8.2 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, gets forward and watchfully defends from the crease

Over 8.3 Varun Chakravarthy bowls it flat in the air to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, goes back in the crease and pushes it back to Chakravarthy

Over 8.4 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets forward and works it to mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single.

Over 9.1 Rahul Chahar tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets forward and crisply driven to sweeper cover

Over 9.3 Rahul Chahar tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, got forward and lifted it, on the bounce to long-off.

Over 9.5 Rahul Chahar tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets forward and works it down to long-on for one.

Over 10.1 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, pre-meditated and tried to reverse-paddle, missed and good take by Samson as well

Over 10.2 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, goes down on his knee and  the reverse-paddle, and well in control - all along the ground to short third man

Over 10.3 Kuldeep Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Sadeera Samarawickrama,1 run, rock back in the crease and chopped away in front of backward point

Over 10.4 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, 2 runs, comes forward and sweep all along the ground wide of deep square. Easy two

Over 10.5 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets forward and sweeps it through square leg and picks up one more.

Over 11.2 Rahul Chahar bowls it short of length to Dhananjaya de Silva, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and plays a late cut past the man at backward point and gets a boundary.

Over 11.3 Rahul Chahar tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, gets forward and sweeps and the ball turns in to strike the pad

Over 11.4 Rahul Chahar bowls it flat in the air to Dhananjaya de Silva, 2 runs, goes back in the crease and nudges it past the man at FSL and picks up a couple of quick runs.

Over 11.5 Rahul Chahar tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets across the line and works it to backward square leg and picks up one more.

Over 11.6 Rahul Chahar bowls a quicker arm ball to Sadeera Samarawickrama, out Bowled!! Samarawickrama misses a regulation tuck to the on-side, off the back foot. The ball hits the top of the middle.

Over 12.1: Wide ball. Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva,

Over 12.1: Single. Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva,

Over 13.1 Sandeep Warrier bowls it short of length to Dhananjaya de Silva, Boundary! Shuffles across on the pull, wide of mid-wicket and deep square just jogged across to retrieve the ball.

Over 13.2 Sandeep Warrier bowls it short of length to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, moves across in the crease and pulls it down to the fine leg and picks up a single.

Over 13.4 Sandeep Warrier bowls a back of length delivery to Wanindu Hasaranga,1 run, backs away in the crease and dabs it away down to the third man.

Over 14.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, stays inside the crease and plays it late towards short third man.

Over 14.3 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a quicker arm ball to Dhananjaya de Silva, 2 leg byesgets forward and played down the wrong line. Off the thigh and over the stumps. 

Over 14.4 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a quicker arm ball to Dhananjaya de Silva, wide! Appealing for a caught behind. Dharmasena nods and belatedly raises the finger and de Silva who reviews. Replays show it missed everything. Again Dharmasena signals a wide. 

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets and won the series with 2-1

Wanindu Hasaranga (Player of the Match and Player of the Series) : Wicket was slow, our spinners bowled really well. When I bowl, I always try to bowl dot balls, that's why I pick wickets. Dasun was brilliant in the field. I am really happy because our boys did very well throughout the series.

Shikhar Dhawan (IND): It was a difficult situation for us. As a team we decided to stay and play these games. Really proud of the boys as well. They showed great character in the last two games. Their attitude was tremendous. We wanted to win as well, in every game you learn. It was an off-day four our batting unit. We lost too many wickets, SL bowled well. When you lose early wickets, you get a lot of pressure, glad that we got to the 80s, that's all we managed today. Both teams played in great spirit. It's beautiful that we were competitive in the field and respect was there. The Sri Lankan boys wanted to know what's my process, I was just sharing my experience. I hope they enjoyed listening to it. And, congratulations to the Sri Lankan team.

Dasun Shanaka (SL): I should thank BCCI, under these conditions they agreed to play. Special thanks to Rahul Dravid and Shikhar Dhawan. This is the best we had in the last few years. I had the (bowling) options and used them. Not only myself, all the boys worked really hard. They were keen to win and they want to be world-class. The way Chameera started, Wanindu bowled, how calm DDS was, Karunaratne is a gem to SL cricket. All the boys did the right job. They handled the situation well and used their brains well. I am lucky to lead this team. When a low score is set, it's good if you get a more positive start. But they are young and learning, they'll be better in the future.