Sri Lanka Beat India By Three Wickets In 3rd ODI
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 23, 2021 | 11:30 PM
Colombo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jul, 2021 ) :Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa hit half centuries as Sri Lanka beat India by three wickets for a consolation win in the rain-hit third one-day international on Friday.
Chasing 226 for victory in the reduced 47-overs-a-side contest, Sri Lanka depended on a 109-run second-wicket stand between Fernando (76) and Rajapaksa (65) to achieve their target with 48 balls to spare in Colombo.
India won the three-match series 2-1.
Debutant leg-spinner Rahul Chahar returned figures of 3-54, taking key wickets including Fernando to put Sri Lanka in trouble before Ramesh Mendis steered the team home with an unbeaten 15.
Earlier spinners Akila Dananjaya and debutant Praveen Jayawickrama took three wickets each to help bowl out India for 225 in 43.1 overs.
The two sides will now play three Twenty20 internationals starting Sunday at the same venue.
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