As Rinku Singh took his first T20I wicket in the third and final match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, July 30, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir was filled with joy. This was precisely when Rinku sent Kusal Perera into a hasty retreat after he had been batting fluidly for quite some time, thus giving India an opportunity to come back into the match.
In the 19th over of Sri Lanka’s run chase, the dismissal happened. Rinku bowled a short ball and Perera mistimed his pull shot which gave a top edge. Rinku moved toward off-side to catch it back in a catch and bowled. That left Perera at 46 from 34 balls while nine runs were needed from ten balls by the hosts.
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In the penultimate over, Rinku Singh also dismissed Ramesh Mendis to have remarkable stats of 2/3 in just a single over played during this match.
Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav took wickets as India won the Super Over against Sri Lanka
Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav’s outstanding bowling by part-time spinners allowed India to draw a game with Sri Lanka. The last over belonged to Yadav who took two wickets after Rinku had taken a couple of them during the 19th over.
Washington only managed to bowl out Sri Lanka for two runs in the super-over before Yadav hit a boundary to finish off the tourists’ innings. With this victory, the Men in Blue achieved a 3-0 clean sweep against their opponents on home ground.
Batting first, India scored 137 runs at a loss of 9 wickets within the time frame of 20 overs. Shubman Gill was the highest scorer contributing 39 runs in 37 balls aided with three boundaries. Riyan Parag and Washington Sundar also helped by making scores of 26 (18) and 25 (18) respectively.
For Sri Lanka, Maheesh Theeskshana had the best bowling figures with a haul of 3/28 while Wanindu Hasaranga took two wicket. In reply Sri Lanka scored 137 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka supported him with 43 (41) and 26 (27) but failed to take the team over the line.
The team from the island nation lost their last 7 wickets for just 22 runs. Apart from these two, Washington Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi also had two wickets each on behalf of the guests. The next clash of the two teams will take place during 1st ODI on August 2 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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