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India completed their 12th consecutive T20I win after defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third match to register a 3-0 clean sweep in Dharamsala on Sunday. Shreyas Iyer hit an unbeaten 73 off 45 balls to lead the Indian team towards victory. Chasing 147 in the final match of the 3-match series, India lost captain Rohit Sharma early in the chase. Sanju Samson and Iyer got the scoreboard ticking before the former fell. Deepak Hooda then joined Iyer to take India to a good position. At 89/3 in 11 overs, it was Shreyas Iyer’s third consecutive fifty which helped India take ascendancy. Iyer finished the match with great support from Ravindra Jadeja, who remained unbeaten with 22 from 15 balls. The duo added 45 runs together, taking India home in 16.5 overs. Shreyas Iyer became the fourth Indian batter to hit a third consecutive half-centuries in T20Is. The first Indian to achieve this milestone was Virat Kohli, followed by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. For his stunning performance in the series, Iyer was awarded Player of the Series. He also got the Player of the Match award. On the bowling side, Avesh Khan picked two wickets whereas Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel and Ravi Bishnoi chipped in with a wicket each. The cricket fraternity and fans of the Indian team went into a frenzy after Iyer’s brilliant batting and India’s clean sweep against Sri Lanka. Twitter was filled with congratulatory messages from all over. Let us take a look at a few reactions: The Board of Control for Cricket in India lauded the team for its victory.
That's that from the final T20I.#TeamIndia win by 6 wickets to complete a clean sweep 3-0 against Sri Lanka.
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2022
Scorecard - https://t.co/gD2UmwjsDF #INDvSL @Paytm pic.twitter.com/er1AQY6FmL
India’s former cricketer, all-rounder Irfan Pathan also took to twitter and congratulated the Men in Blue for their series win.
One batter less still chasing the score easily. Well done team India,another series win 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 27, 2022
Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer chose to display his humorous side by sharing a meme about Iyer’s wonderful batting.
Summary of this series 😆 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/sNQTeffrM2
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 27, 2022
Former cricketer Rudra Pratap Singh mentioned India’s winning streak of 12 matches and lauded the performance of Sharma and Iyer in the brilliant series win.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsFormer wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel praised Sheryas Iyer for his unbeaten knock and cheered the Indian team on winning against Sri Lanka.
Former Indian cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath used a reference from Tamil cinema and said the Indian team in T20s was equal to ‘Valimai’, which means ‘power’.
Former Indian cricketer Vinay Kumar too joined in to laud India for its win.
Many fans also praised Indian cricketers for their outstanding performance:
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