3rd T20I: Sri Lanka stutter as India get early breakthroughs

Indian cricketer Jaydev Unadkat (2L) celebrates after the wicket of Sri Lanka batsman Niroshan Dickwella during the third T20 international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)


Indian bowlers dismissed four Sri Lankan batsmen in quick succession in the third and final T20 international match of the series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.

At the end of 8 overs, Sri Lanka was struggling at 56/4.

Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field against Sri Lanka in the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I).

India have made two changes — debutant Washington Sundar and Mohammed Siraj replace Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah.

For Sri Lanka, Danushka Gunathilaka and Dasun Shanaka come in place of Chaturanga de Silva and injured Angelo Mathews.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni(w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj.

Sri Lanka: Niroshan Dickwella(w), Upul Tharanga, Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asela Gunaratne, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera (c), Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep.

(With agency inputs)