'Well done team India, brought their A game'- Twitter overjoyed as India win T20I series against Sri Lanka 2-1

India continued its dominance in the bilateral series as they won the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka 2-1 after beating them by 91 runs in the third game on Saturday in Rajkot.

Skipper Hardik Pandya, once again, opted to bat first after winning the toss. Opener Ishan Kishan, once again, got out early but Rahul Tripathi’s 16-ball 35-run knock meant India made a good start to the powerplay. He got out in the last over of the powerplay and then arrived India’s T20 sensation- Suryakumar Yadav. The Indian batter showed his class, yet again, and went on to score his third T20I hundred.

Shubman Gill was struggling to score boundaries but Yadav kept attacking the bowlers at the other end. The duo put on a 111-run partnership for the third wicket. Gill, though, wouldn’t be too happy with his knock of 46 runs in 36 balls. He got out in the 15^th over, while the likes of Hardik Pandya and Deepak Hooda also got out in quick succession after that.

However, it didn’t matter a lot to Suryakumar Yadav, who hit boundaries all around the park. Yadav smashed 7 fours and 9 sixes en-route to an unbeaten knock of 112 runs in 51 deliveries at a strike rate of 219. His knock helped the team reach a gigantic score of 229 runs at the end of the first innings. In reply, Sri Lanka kept losing wickets at regular intervals and, thus, were bundled out for just 137 runs.

Pathum Nissanka never got going, while Mendis, once again, failed to convert the start into a big score. The likes of de Silva (22 off 14), Asalanka (19 off 14), and Shanaka (23 off 17) got starts but couldn't stay there for too long. Sri Lanka were going at a great pace but lost half of their side for just 96.

Man in form, Dasun Shanaka fell short of support at the other end as he also got out on 23 off 17 balls. In the end, Sri Lanka fell 91 runs short of the target.

Here's a look at the fans the celebrated India's win:

Well done Team India, brought their A game in the decider 👏🏽 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/odblDebTBi

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) January 7, 2023

The incredible SKY of Indian Cricket.
Another extraordinary performance by @surya_14kumar🙌🏻#SuryakumarYadav #INDvsSL #RPSwing pic.twitter.com/qsa4MMukHu

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) January 7, 2023

The way Surya Kumar Yadav is batting I don't think he's ever coming down from that No. 1 rank 🔥 #INDvSL

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) January 7, 2023

A 91-run win and a series victory for India in Rajkot!#INDvSL | 📝Scorecard: https://t.co/v6DELbUa9F pic.twitter.com/xnh2ZFOcB5

— ICC (@ICC) January 7, 2023

Hardik Pandya needs to go back to batting at 6 and bat like a finisher rather than try and become a top order semi-conservative batsman. We have enough of those..#INDvSL

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) January 7, 2023

Cricketer #ShubmanGill doesn't have the X-factor to be a T20 opener. #INDvSL

— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) January 7, 2023

This is what we need in T20 Cricket.

Quick 30-40 runs in few balls.

Well played, Rahul Tripathi. #INDvSL

— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) January 7, 2023

37(29), 2(5) and today 1(2)...Ishan Kishan's score in this T20 series.
Ishu baby is back with the bang but the question is when did he left in this format?🔥😍😍 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/Ttfd6sSRzM

— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) January 7, 2023

Suryakumar Yadav. That's it, that's the tweet 🙏#INDvSL

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) January 7, 2023

Tripathi out ho gya but Gill not out hai 😎 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/1uN2pYLgPF

— The Cricket Statistician (@CricketSatire) January 7, 2023

A 91-run win and a series victory for India in Rajkot!#INDvSL | 📝Scorecard: https://t.co/v6DELbUa9F pic.twitter.com/xnh2ZFOcB5

— ICC (@ICC) January 7, 2023

How good is Suryakumar Yadav!!!😮

— Tom Banton (@TBanton18) January 7, 2023