The Indian cricket team continued with their winning spree as they defeated Sri Lanka cricket in the third match to seal the series by 2-0 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
Virat Kohli opted to bat first after winning the toss. Openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan set the momentum of the game by kickstarting the game and adding 110 runs. However, the wickets of both the cricketers were bundled up in quick succession.
The Indian skipper tested the middle order and gave promotion to Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, and Shreyas Iyer. And he himself came at number 6 and achieved another milestone as he completed 11,000 runs in international cricket as a skipper.
Though Virat had an eventful evening, but it was Shardul Thakur and Manidhs Pandey who made everyone sit on the edge of their seats and took India to cross the 200 marks. The Indian cricket team set the target of 201 runs for the Sri Lankan cricket team.
Sri Lankan cricket team had a bad start of the game as the Indian bowlers were at their best too. They bundled up 2 wickets in 2 over only. Only Dhananjaya de Silva gave a brilliant performance with the bat and scored a half-century as the Islanders were bundled up for 123 in 15.5 overs.
As soon as India won the match, Twitter was already flooded with amazing reactions from the fans.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on India’s thumping win against Sri Lanka:
Saini picks up his THIRD. Sri Lanka are all out for 123 runs.#TeamIndia win by 78 runs and win the series 2-0 ??#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/5XwoXPeNBx
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 10, 2020
My Man of the match #shardulthakur #INDvsSLT20
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 10, 2020
Fantastic to be at the venue @StarSportsTamil #pune #indvsl This is great fun.. hopefully more of this ? pic.twitter.com/Rv0TbaVpbZ
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) January 10, 2020
Shardul Thakur is making most of the limited opportunities coming his way. Some crucial runs. Wickets. And while there’s a lot of cricket left today, I’m already picking him as my Man of the Match…i.e. if India wins. #IndvSL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 10, 2020
A truly roller coaster of an innings #INDvSL
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) January 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/FarziCricketer/status/1215675560476569600
Navdeep Saini in the T20 series:
4-0-18-2
3.5-0-28-3Thakur in the T20 series:
4-0-23-3
22*(8)
3-0-19-2#INDvSL— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 10, 2020
Well played India, but frankly no contest as Sri Lanka found wanting in all departments
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 10, 2020
Lasith Malinga against India
ODIs – 44 wkts @ 45.50 in 40 ODIs
T20Is – 4 wkts @ 72.50 in 10 T20Is@daniel86cricket#INDvSL— JSK (@imjsk27) January 10, 2020
Most wins against a team in T20Is
13/19 Ind vs SL
13/21 Pak vs SL/NZ
13/21 Eng vs NZ
12/15 Afg vs Ire
12/23 Pak vs Aus* includes Super Over wins#INDvSL
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) January 10, 2020
End of yet another one-sided match, massive 78 runs victory and seal the series 2-0. Well done India.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 10, 2020
India wins the T20I series against Sri Lanka by 2-0. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/88XMaipTYA
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) January 10, 2020
India have now won 19 bilateral series against Sri Lanka on the trot across all formats. That’s a tale of incredible dominance in last 11 yrs. Sri Lanka are bread & butter for Team India. #INDvSL
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) January 10, 2020
India in 3-match T20I series:
Played – 15
Won – 13
Lost – 1
Drawn – 1Only loss was vs NZ in 2019. #IndvSL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 10, 2020
