Avishka Fernando 76, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 65 powers Sri Lanka beat India by 3 wickets, 3rd ODI match.

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The 3rd ODI match of the series was played yesterday between Sri Lanka vs India at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In which Avishka Fernando 76, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 65 powers Sri Lanka beat India by 3 wickets.

It rained for a while, due to which the match was reduced from 50 overs to 47 overs per side. India batted first after winning the toss, the entire team all out after scoring just 225 runs in the first ball of the 44th over. Prithvi Shaw played a brilliant inning of 49 runs with the help of 8 boundries in 49 balls, Sanju Samson also played a brilliant inning of 46 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundries in 46 balls, Suryakumar Yadav also played a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 7 boundries in 37 balls, apart from this, Hardik Pandya scored 19 runs in 17 balls, Navdeep Saini scored 15 runs in 37 balls, Shikhar Dhawan 13 runs in 11 balls, Rahul Chahar 13 runs in 25 balls, Nitish Rana 7 runs, Krishnappa Gowtham 2 runs, and Chetan Sakariya remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, India batted first after winning the entire team all out after scoring just 225 runs in 43.1 overs and set a target of 226 runs for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliantly, Akila Dananjaya, and Praveen Jayawickrama took 3-3 wickets, Dushmantha Chameera took 2 wickets, Chamika Karunaratne and Dasun Shanaka got 1-1 wicket.

Sri Lanka chasing 226 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing 7 wickets in just the 39th over. Sri Lanka started very brilliantly, althought the first wicket has gone in 35 runs, Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone in 35 runs, Minod Bhanuka dismissed just for 7 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant century partnership of 109 runs with Avishka Fernando, the second wicket has gone for 144 runs, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 65 runs with the help of 12 boundries in just 56 balls, next batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat, and he dismissed just for 2 runs as third wicket, followed by Charith Asalanka came to bat, and played well with Avishka Fernando, the fourth wicket has gone for 194 runs, Charith Asalanka dismissed after scoring 24 runs in 28 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring as fifth wicket, next batsman Ramesh Mendis came to bat, and played well with Avishka Fernando, the sixth wicket has gone in 214 runs, Avishka Fernando dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 76 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundries in 98 balls, next batsman Chamika Karunaratne came to bat, and he dismissed just for 3 runs in 10 balls as seventh wicket, after that Akila Dananjaya came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 5 runs with Ramesh Mendis, and Ramesh Mendis played an unbeaten victory inning of 15 runs in 18 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka chasing 226 runs, achieved the target very easily by losing 7 wickets in just 39th over, won the match by 3 wickets.

Indian bowlers Rahul Chahar took 3 wickets, Chetan Sakariya took 2 wickets, Krishnappa Gowtham, and Hardik Pandya got 1-1 wicket.

Indian batsman Avishka Fernando was adjudged for the best player of the match, he played a brilliant half-century inning of 76 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundries in 98 balls.
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