Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

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India and Sri Lanka played a T20I tri-series on January 10, 2020 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune, the THIRD T20I was won by India and they won by 78 runs. India thus drew a very competitive target of 202 runs; there were fine innings from KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan. Sri Lanka lost upcoming at 123 runs even with a beautiful fight from Dhananjaya de Silva. For his all-round performance with both bat and bowl, Shardul Thakur was given the Player of the Match award. So, let’s discussed about the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard in this article.

Match Summary of Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

Team	Score	Overs	Result
India	201/6	20.0	Won by 78 runs
Sri Lanka	123/10	15.5

Key Performances

Player of the Match: Shardul Thakur – 22* (8 balls) & 2/19 (3 overs)
Player of the Series: Navdeep Saini

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

India Innings

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	54	36	5	1	150.00
Shikhar Dhawan	52	36	7	1	144.44
Sanju Samson (WK)	6	2	0	1	300.00
Manish Pandey	31	18	4	0	172.22
Shreyas Iyer	4	2	1	0	200.00
Virat Kohli (C)	26	17	2	1	152.94
Washington Sundar	1	0	0	0	–
Shardul Thakur	22	8	1	2	275.00

Extras: 6 (lb: 2, wd: 4)

Fall of Wickets:

97/1 (10.5 overs) – Shikhar Dhawan
106/2 (11.3 overs) – Sanju Samson
118/3 (12.3 overs) – KL Rahul
122/4 (12.5 overs) – Shreyas Iyer
164/5 (17.3 overs) – Virat Kohli
164/6 (17.4 overs) – Washington Sundar

Sri Lanka Innings

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Danushka Gunathilaka	1	2	0	0	50.00
Avishka Fernando	9	7	0	1	128.57
Kusal Perera (WK)	7	10	1	0	70.00
Oshada Fernando	2	5	0	0	40.00
Angelo Mathews	31	20	1	3	155.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	57	36	8	1	158.33
Dasun Shanaka	9	9	0	1	100.00
Wanindu Hasaranga	2	0	0	0	–
Lakshan Sandakan	1	2	0	0	50.00
Lasith Malinga (C)	1	0	0	0	–
Lahiru Kumara	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras: 5 (b: 1, wd: 4)

Fall of Wickets

5/1 (1 over) – Danushka Gunathilaka
11/2 (1.3 overs) – Avishka Fernando
15/3 (3.1 overs) – Oshada Fernando
26/4 (5.1 overs) – Kusal Perera
94/5 (11.2 overs) – Angelo Mathews
110/6 (13.3 overs) – Dasun Shanaka
110/7 (13.5 overs) – Wanindu Hasaranga
118/8 (15 overs) – Lakshan Sandakan
122/9 (15.3 overs) – Dhananjaya de Silva
123/10 (15.5 overs) – Lasith Malinga

Bowling Figures

India:

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Jasprit Bumrah	2	1	5	1	2.50
Shardul Thakur	3	0	19	2	6.33
Navdeep Saini	3.5	0	28	3	7.30
Washington Sundar	4	0	37	2	9.25
Yuzvendra Chahal	3	0	33	0	11.00

Sri Lanka:

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Lasith Malinga	4	40	0	10.00
Angelo Mathews	3	38	0	12.66
Dhananjaya de Silva	1	13	0	13.00
Lahiru Kumara	4	46	1	11.50
Wanindu Hasaranga	4	27	1	6.75
Lakshan Sandakan	4	35	3	8.75

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Match Highlights

India then posted a good total of 201 for 6 in their fifty overs heavily banking on KL Rahul (54) and Shikhar Dhawan (52).

Sri Lanka werews again challenged by the Indian bowlers except Dhananjaya de Silva who scored a well compiled 57.

This was evident through Shardul Thakur’s performance with the bat and also with the ball which saw him receiving the Player of the Match award.

Player of the Series

Navdeep Saini performed brilliantly while bowling in the series where he was awarded Player of the Series.

Conclusion

In this we read about Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard, Sri Lanka versus India 3rd T20I India seized victory by a margin of 78 runs demonstrating the consistency of the side along with a depth in the batting order. Contribution from KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhallan and bowing performance of Shardul Thakur helped India to set a target that was beyond Sri Lanka’s reach. This victory also further affirmed India’s superiority in the series while exposing Australia’s weakness in T20 cricket particularly in terms of strategy.

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