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Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International to sweep the series 3-0 in Dharamsala on Sunday. Iyer followed up his scores of 57 not out and an undefeated 74 in the first two games with 73 not out off 45 balls as India finished on 148/4 in 16.5 overs with 19 balls to spare.
cricket team members were about to board from their hotel here, reports said on Monday. The players are in the city for the first Test against India beginning at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on March 4, and the incident came to light on Saturday (February 26). The bus was reportedly hired from a private transporter. "Two empty bullet shells were found during the routine frisking of the bus through metal detector and other sophisticated gadgets. The shells were found in the luggage compartment of the bus. Prior to ferrying the cricket players, the bus had been used in a marriage function a few days back," a police officer attached with the security wing, not wishing to be named, was quoted as saying by Indian Express. "Apparently, the shells belong to that marriage function. The bus driver is being questioned," the officer added.
Sri Lanka, India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday said that a lot of positives came out from the series and it was good to give opportunities to many new players in order to understand what kind of bench strength team has and which gaps the team needs to fill going forward. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDA fighting fifty from skipper Dasun Shanaka (74 not out off 38) helped Sri Lanka post 146/5 in 20 overs. In reply, Shreyas Iyer continued his sizzling form and smashed HIS third consecutive fifty (73 not out off 45) of the series while the likes of Ravindra Jadeja (22 not out off 15), Deepak Hooda (21 off 16) and Sanju Samson (18 off 12) also contributed as India chased down the target in 16.5 overs. It was India's 12th successive T20I win, the joint-longest winning streak for a full member and their seventh series win on the trot at home in this format.
Avesh Khan said that the wicket was supporting the bowlers during the third and final T20I of the three-match series against Sri Lanka on Sunday here at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDIndia won the final T20I by six wickets to sweep the series 3-0. For the hosts, Shreyas Iyer once again starred with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 73 as the host chased down the winning target of 147 in 16.5 overs. "The wicket was supporting the bowlers, the plan was to just bowl proper line and length. The popping crease was slippery the other day (on why he struggled in the 3rd T20I against West Indies). Here, I just needed to be disciplined," said Khan in a post-match presentation.
Shreyas Iyer came up with a third straight half-century in the series to help India brush aside Sri Lanka by six wickets and register a hat-trick of clean sweeps in white-ball cricket. With the win, India extended their unbeaten streak in T20Is to 12 matches. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDThe home side went into Sunday's affair with a batsman short, and lost skipper Rohit Sharma in the second over of the innings. The onus once again fell on Shreyas to anchor the chase. Iyer accepted the challenge wholeheartedly, slamming a 45-ball unbeaten 73, laced with nine hits to the fence and once over it, to help the team race to the target 0f 147 with 19 balls to spare. Ravindra Jadeja gave him good support with a 15-ball undefeated 22. Iyer announced his arrival with an exquisite cover drive off Binura Fernando, before welcoming Lahiru Kumara with three classy boundaries to get things going. Like the previous outing, he launched leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay over the midwicket boundary to raise his fifty in grand style.
India batter Shreyas Iyer has reflected on an excellent series against Sri Lanka where he struck three fifties and was not dismissed.
India have completed a 3-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka after Shreyas Iyer's third successive half-century secured a six-wicket victory in the final Twenty20 International in Dharamsala.
Shreyas Iyer scored his third consecutive fifty as India completed a 3-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka after a six-wicket win in the final T20 in Dharamsala on Sunday.