IND vs SL, 3rd T20: India beat Sri Lanka by 78 runs, won series 2-0, 7 records created

The third and final T20 match played between Sri Lanka and India in the MCA stadium in Pune. In this match, The 'Men in Blue' defeated the visitors by huge 78 runs and won the 3-match T20 series by 2-0.

Shardul Thakur was adjudged 'Man of the Match' for his all-rounder performance, he took 2 wickets for 18 runs and also scored 22* off 8 with the bat. While Navdeep Saini was awarded the 'Man of the Series', he took 5 wickets in 2 matches.

Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and asked the Indian team to bat first. Batting first, Indian openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan added 97 runs for the opening wickets. Dhawan scored 52 runs off 36 balls and KL Rahul scored 54 runs off 36 balls.

However, after the middle-order collapse, Manish Pandey (31*) and Shardul Thakur (22*) took India's score over 200 runs. For Sri Lanka, Dasun Sandakan took 3 wickets for 35 runs.

In response, Sri Lanka had a terrible start as they lost 4 wickets for just 26 runs. Later, Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya added 68 runs for the 5th wicket.

Mathews scored 31 off 20 and Dhananjaya alone fought hard, but he was dismissed after scoring 57 off 36, after that in a matter of few overs the whole team got dismissed for 123 runs in 15.5 overs.

For India, Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets for 28 runs, Thakur and Sundar took 2 wickets each, and Bumrah picked one wicket.

7 Big records created during the 3rd T20 Internationals:

1. Most wins against a team in T20Is:

With this massive victory against Sri Lanka, the Indian team (13) has equaled the record of Pakistan (13) and England (13), in the case of most wins against an opponent in T20 Internationals.

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

2. India's biggest T20I win by runs:

India registered their 5th biggest victory in T20 Internationals in terms of runs. While their biggest win came against Ireland of 143 runs.

vs IRE - 143 runs

vs SL - 93 runs

vs ENG - 90 runs

vs SL - 88 runs

vs SL - 78 runs*

3. Virat Kohli As Captain Internationals cricket:

Virat Kohli Becomes only 2nd captain to win 20 or more matches In Test, ODI, and T20Is.

In Test - 33 wins

In Odis - 60 Wins

In T20Is - 20* Wins

4. India's winning streak against Sri Lanka:

This is India’s 12th consecutive bilateral series win against Sri Lanka across formats. The last time when they lost a bilateral series against them was in 2008.

5. Most wickets in T20 Internationals for India:

Jasprit Bumrah now becomes the highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is, going past Yuzvendra Chahal (52) and Ravichandran Ashwin (52).

6. Kohli completes 250 fours in T20 Internationals:

Indian captain Virat Kohli becomes the first player to score 250 fours in T20Is.

Virat Kohli - 250*

Rohit Sharma - 234

Paul Stirling - 233

Dilshan - 223

7. Fastest to complete 11,000 International runs as captain.

Virat Kohli becomes the fastest to complete 11,000 runs in international cricket among captains, he left Australia's Ricky Ponting behind.

196 - VIRAT KOHLI*

252 - Ricky Ponting

265 - Graeme Smith

324 - MS Dhoni

316 - Allan Border

333 - Stephen Fleming