IND vs SL, 3rd T20I, Highlights: India win by 91 runs, clinch T20I series

Along with Suryakumar Yadav's brilliant batting and lethal bowling of Indian youngsters, Team India registers victory by 91 runs at Rajkot in the 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka. India win series 2-1.

135/8 after 16 overs. India are just two wickets away from clinching series and it has become nearly impossible for Sri Lanka to turn the tables.

Sri Lanka are six down. Dasun Shanaka and Chamika Karunaratne are on strike. But is it too late?

Chahal takes his second wicket of the match as he dimisses Dhananjaya de Silva. He has equalled Bhuvneshwar Kumar's feat of most T20I wickets for India with a total of 90 scalps.

Charith Asalanka goes back to hut as Shivam Mavi impresses with a brilliant catch on Yuzvendra Chahal's ball.

Just after the powerplay got over, skipper Hardik Pandya dismisses Avishka Fernando and Sri Lanka are three down

Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka were dismissed by Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh guiding the team to have an upper hand as the guests are left at 51/2 after the powerplay

India set a target of 229 for Sri Lanka in the series decider.

Surya registers his third T20I century and first for India in 2023 of just 45 balls.

Madushanka dismisses Hooda 4(2). IND - 194/5

Shubman Gill's innings comes to an end as Wanindu Hasaranga bowls a brilliant delivery. Hasaranga bowls Gill 46 (36) out.

IND vs ENG in 2021: 32 (17)

IND vs AUS in 2022: 69 (36)

IND vs SL in 2022: 77* (34)

Suryakumar Yadav smashes 51 (26)  in style with a boundary. He hit his 14th international half-century.

Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill take charge and stabilize India's batting by smashing boundaries and sixes. While Suryakumar smashed 3 boundaries and 3 sixes so far. Gill on the hand hit 1 four and 2 sixes.

Madushanka takes another wicket as he dismisses Tripathi and India are two down.

Tripathi 35 (16) falls prey to Madushanka's delivery after smashing back to back sixes. IND - 52/2

• 1-10 balls: 98
• 11-20 balls: 148
• 20+ balls: 169

After India faced early setbacks in form of Ishan Kishan's wicket in the first over followed by a maiden over, Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill hammered Madushanka in the third over. 15 runs come from the over.

Madushanka dismisses Ishan Kishan 1(2) in the first over of the game. Will Rahul Tripathi make best use of the opportunity?

Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan have opened for India. Madushanka begins Sri Lanka's bowling spell.

Team India wins toss and opts to bat first. 

Hardik Pandya: We'll bat first. Looks like a good track, the last time we played here, the ball did a bit, we might get more swing in the night. I don't drag things. We just need to focus on playing good cricket in this game. We were not at our best in the last game, but we still stretched the match until the end. No changes for us.

Dasun Shanaka: We would have batted first as well. We wanted to set the tone upfront. We will approach the same way in this game, one change for us, Avishka Fernando replaces Bhanuka Rajapaksa.

India's T20I squad:

Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.

Sri Lanka's limited-overs squad for India (both T20I and ODI):

Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Kusal Mendis (Vice-captain for ODIs), Wanindu Hasaranga (Vice-captain for T20Is), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (only for T20Is), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay (only for ODIs), Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwanidu Fernando (only for ODIs), Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Thushara (only for T20Is).

Live streaming of the 3rd T20I between India vs Sri Lanka match will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app.

Live streaming of the 3rd T20I between India vs Sri Lanka match will be available on Star Sports Network.

 After a narrow last-ball win in the opener, India fell short by 16 runs as Sri Lanka leveled the series 1-1. Both teams are geared up to clinch the three-match T20I series.