On February 27, India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the 3rd and final Twenty20 International at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, sealing a 3rd consecutive sweep in the shorter format. Furthermore, this is India’s 4th consecutive home bilateral limited-overs series victory under the guidance of Rohit Sharma. In this article, we have discussed how Shreyas Iyers Performance Helps team India series victory.
The ‘Hitman’ has now taken India to 17 wins from 18 T20Is at home, while India has secured 12 consecutive matches in this category stretching back to the ICC 2021 T20 World Cup in November the year before.
Shreyas Iyer, who has been named Man of the Match in the previous match for his match-winning innings of an undefeated 74 off 44 balls, was indeed the performer for the hosts with the blade and produced his strong presence once again during the hunt by soaking up the burden, particularly after the initial wicket of team captain Rohit Sharma.
Meanwhile, despite winning the toss and opting to bat first, Sri Lanka put themselves in trouble after dropping their top-order easily as the scoreboard displayed 29/4 in the 9th over it before losing the majority of their unit for 60 runs. Dasun Shanaka, the captain, then took up the matter and stormed after the Indian bowling attack. He scored an unbroken 74 off 38 balls, featuring 9 boundaries and 2 6’s at a strike rate of 194.7, and was part of an 86-run partnership alongside Chamika Karunaratne (12*) as the Lankans achieved a decent number of 146/5 off their 20 overs.
In response, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma for 5 runs in the 2nd again before Shreyas Iyer & Sanju Samson took control with a 45-run partnership for the 2nd wicket. Having lost Samson, Hooda, and Venkatesh Iyer on either extreme, Iyer soldiered forward from one extreme.
Finally, it was an exciting replica of the 2nd T20I, featuring Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja effectively steering India through the final corner with 16.5 overs. Iyer went undefeated on 73 off 45 balls.
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