India produced a dominant performance to hammer Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) and win the three-match series 3-0 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, who blasted a 35-ball century, piloted India to a mammoth 260, the joint-second highest T20I total. In reply the visiting batsmen struggled and were dismissed at 172, losing the 3-match series 0-2.
Opening the batting, KL Rahul struck a quick 61 off 48 balls before leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (4/23) triggered Sri Lanka's collapse to help India register a convincing win by 93 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series in Cuttack.
Shikhar Dhawan scored his 12th ODI hundred as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets with 107 balls remaining in the third and final one-day international on Sunday in Vizag. India won the three-match series 2-1.
Rohit smashed an unbeaten 208 off 153 balls to fire India to a mammoth 392 for four, a total that proved to be too much for Sri Lanka as the visitors ended way behind at 251 for 8 with Angelo Mathews' unbeaten 111 going in vain.
Chasing a paltry score of 113, the visitors rode on Upul Tharanga's crucial knock of 49 to scale the target in 20.4 overs to secure the one-sided victory and take the 1-0 lead in three-match series.
Chasing an improbable 410, a defiant Sri Lanka rode on Dhananjaya de Silva's third Test century and debutant Roshen Silva's unbeaten half-century to score 299/5, before both the captains decided to settle for the draw.
Take a look at some of the highlights that went down on the fourth day of the third Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla New Delhi between India and Sri Lanka.
Dinesh Chandimal withstood air pollution ranging into hazardous levels as he batted through the day Monday to post his 10th test century and help Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on in the third Test against India.
India skipper Virat Kohli hit a career-best 243 even as play was halted on the request of visitors in the post-lunch session due to poor air quality on the second day of the third Test in Delhi on Sunday.
Riding on a 283-run third wicket stand between Murali Vijay (155) and Virat Kohli (156 not out), the hosts dominated the day 1 of third Test before chinaman Lakshan Sandakan's twin strikes helped Sri Lanka recover.
Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Dennis Lillee to become the fastest bowler to capture 300 Test wickets as he helped India thrash Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to win the second Test in Nagpur on Monday.
Skipper Virat Kohli's 213 took India to 610/6 declared in their first innings as Sri Lanka reached 21/1 in their second innings, trailing by 384 runs on the third day of their second Test in Nagpur on Sunday.
India's top-order batsmen Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Puajra smashes centuries and knitted a mammoth 209-run stand for the second wicket to help hosts dominate Sri Lanka on day 2 of the second Test in Nagpur on Saturday.
India were 11 for one in their first innings in reply to Sri Lanka's 205 all out at stumps on the opening day of the second Test in Nagpur on Friday.
Virat Kohli authored a captain's knock of unbeaten 104 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned spectacular figures of 11-8-8-4 as India narrowly missed a spectacular win in the first Test against Sri Lanka which ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens.
Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh Rahul made mincemeat of the Sri Lankan bowling attack to help India take a 49 run-lead and end the fourth day at 171/1 in 2nd innings at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Kolkata finally saw a bright sunny day where Team India managed to produce a score of 172 in the first innings and Sri Lanka trail by 7 runs.
Incessant rain has washed out the last two sessions of day two of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka as hosts struggled at 74/5 before rain stopped play.
Sri Lanka pacer Suranga Lakmal wrecked the high-profile Indian top-order in overcast conditions to leave the hosts reeling at 17 for three on a rain-affected day one of the first Test in Kolkata on Thursday.
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