Sri Lanka vs India 3rd T20I 2024 Highlights: What a match it was, tremendous and brilliant plus lively…means from where it seemed that Sri Lanka would easily win this match, the new captain of the new team India Suryakumar made such a maneuver in the last overs that Sri Lanka There was a break on the team. India did not seem to be in a position to win from anywhere in the match, but in the last two overs, first Rinku took two wickets and then in the last over of the match, Suryakumar Yadav tied the match by taking 2 wickets. After this, when the match went into super over, Washington Sundar did the right thing.
Now what happened in the match? So know that. After losing for the third consecutive match, Sri Lanka had to face ‘whitewash’ in the T-20 series. India ensured victory in the Super Over in Pallekele on Tuesday (July 30), sending Sri Lanka towards defeat.
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The last T20 match in Pallekele started late due to rain, where the Indian team’s top order collapsed in the powerplay. At one time, 5 wickets had fallen for 48 runs of the Indian team, after this the Indian team scored 137/9 with the help of Shubman Gill (39) and Ryan Parag (26) and finally Washington Sundar (25).
After this, when Sri Lanka started the run chase, it seemed that they would definitely win the match. Thanks to the innings of Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka started chasing the target, but then the Indian spinners came into the frame of the match, who brought Sri Lanka on par by taking 7 wickets for 27 runs in 26 balls. When Mohammed Siraj had overs left in the match, Suryakumar Yadav bet on Rinku Singh and himself and tied the match by saving 9 runs in 12 balls.
What happened in the super over of IND vs SL?
After the match was tied, it went into Super Over, where Sri Lanka could score only two runs in three balls, one of which was wide on the first ball of Washington Sundar and in the end both the batsmen had to be out due to playing big shots. Kusal Perera pulled a ball straight to deep backward square leg and Pathum Nissanka was out in his attempt to pull.
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India needed only three runs to win in the Super Over and Suryakumar swept the first ball to short fine, where a misfield resulted in a boundary and Sri Lanka lost.
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Spinners turned the match in the last 5 overs
Now let us tell you the story of those last overs of the match, where first the Indian team tied the match and won in the super over. Understand what went wrong with the Sri Lankan team during the run chase in the last 5 overs. 15 overs had passed in the Sri Lankan innings and they were looking in a strong position with a score of 108/1. From here, 30 runs were required on only those 30 balls.
Ravi Bishnoi came to bowl the 16th over. Sri Lanka’s bad times started from this over. Ravi Bishnoi gave out LBW to Kusal Mendis on the very second ball of the over. Bishnoi gave a total of 7 runs in this over.
After this, Sri Lanka needed 23 runs from 24 balls. The 17th over was given to Washington Sundar. Sundar gave 2 runs on the first two balls, but then on the third ball, Wanindu Hasaranga was caught out by Ravi Bishnoi for 3 runs. On the very next ball, captain Asalanka was also dismissed by Sundar on 0 at the hands of Sanju Samson. The last two balls were dotted.
After this, Khaleel Ahmed was given the 18th over, where 12 runs were scored with 5 wides and Sri Lanka was once again in the driving seat in the match. After Khalil’s over was over, Sri Lanka needed 9 runs from 12 balls in the last two overs. Where first Rinku took 3 wickets and then Surya took two wickets giving 5 runs, due to which the game went into super over.
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Rinku and Surya bowled for the first time in T20 International cricket and those 2 overs…
In the last two overs, when Sri Lankan team needed 9 runs from 12 balls, Mohammed Siraj had one over left. Who gave 11 runs in 3 overs. In such a situation, it seemed that after Khalil was beaten, captain Surya would bowl to Siraj. But Surya surprised with his captaincy and handed over the 19th over of the match to Rinku Singh.
In her over, Rinku caught the dangerous Kusal Perera (46) himself on his second ball. Then on the last ball of the over, Rinku got Ramesh Mendis (3) caught out by Shubman Gill. Rinku gave 3 runs in the over and took 2 wickets.
Game-changing batting ✅
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Now in the last over, Sri Lanka needed 6 runs from 6 balls to win, but here Surya once again surprised. Despite Siraj having remaining overs, Surya brought himself on the bowling attack.
After bowling the first ball dot ball, Surya took his first international wicket by dismissing Kamindu Mendis (1) on the second ball of the over. After this, Mahish Tikshna was dismissed on 0 on the next ball. One run came on the fourth ball and on the fifth and sixth balls, Sri Lanka tied the match by making it 2-2. But the Indian team won the super over and won the series 3-0.
Most wickets by Indian spinners in T20Is
10 vs West Indies, Lauderhill, 2022
8 vs Bangladesh, Hangzhou, 2023
8 vs Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 2024*
– The 8 wickets taken by the Indian spinners are also the second most in T20Is against Sri Lanka, behind the 9 wickets taken by South Africa in Colombo in 2021.
– This is the first time that India won/tied a T20I match after losing 5 wickets for less than 50 runs.
– This is the third time after 2017 and 2022 that India defeated Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series.
Most defeats in T20I (including Super Over)
105 – Sri Lanka*
104 – Bangladesh
101 – West Indies
99 – Zimbabwe
99 – New Zealand
Most wins against one team in T20Is (including Super Overs)
23 – PAK vs NZ (44 matches).
22 – IND vs SL (32)*
21 – ENG vs PAK (31)
20 – IND vs AUS (32)
Most Player of the Series awards in T20I
6 – Virat Kohli
5 – Shakib Al Hasan
5 – David Warner
5 – Suryakumar Yadav*
Most player of the match in T20I
Suryakumar Yadav – 16.
Virat Kohli – 16.