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Patna : Sri Lanka (SL) drubbed India by 7 wickets in 3rd T20I at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, SL, on July 29, 2021, late night, to clinch the three-match series 2-1 even as leg spinner Rahul Chahar took 3/15 in 4 overs. SL spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, 24, was declared both Player Of The Match and Player Of The Series.
Chasing a target of 82 runs, SL scored 82/3 in 14.3 overs with Dhananjaya de Silva scoring an unbeaten 23 in 20 balls with 2 fours and spinner Wanindu Hasaranga scoring an unbeaten 14 in 9 balls hitting 1 four. Openers Avishka Fernanado and Minod Bhanuka (wk) scored 12 and 18 runs respectively. Sandeera Samaravickrama scored 6 runs.
Earlier electing to bat after winning the toss, India scored just 81/8 in 20 overs with spinner Kuldeep Yadav scoring an unbeaten 23 in 28 balls and medium fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar scoring 16 runs. Wanindu Hasaranga took 4/9 in 4 overs.