Accordingly Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva kept Sri Lanka's hope alive with a quickfire 68-run stand but the former fell while trying to go after Washington Sundar. Dasun Shanka is the new man in as sri lanka look to keep the momentum going. Earlier in the day, india pacers jolted sri lanka with 3 early wickets and manish Pandey affected a run out after the hosts posted 201 on the board.
Reportedly Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva have managed to resist the indian charge. Mathews, who has returned to the T20I side after more than a year, took the attack to washington sundar in the 9th over, hitting him for 2 massive sixes. sundar leaked 19 in his 2nd over.
At the other end, Dhananjaya de Silva smashed yuzvendra chahal for a six in the 1st ball off the 10th over. There seems to be some due on the outfield as Chahal can be seen using the towel to dry the ball.
Moreover india captain virat kohli on friday added another feather to his already-illustrious cap as he completed 11,000 runs in international cricket across formats during the ongoing third and final t20 international against sri lanka in Pune. kohli needed just one run before this game to reach the landmark which he did in the 13th over of India's innings after they were put into bat by sri lanka captain Lasith Malinga. Perhaps kohli got to the milestone in his 169th international match and in the process, also became the fastest captain to achieve the feat in terms of both matches and innings played.
