Twitter Reacts As Openers And Bowlers Help India Seal A Series Victory

The Indian National Cricket Team led by Virat Kohli registered yet another easy-peasy victory on Friday to seal the series against Sri Lanka. The opening batsmen Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul and the collective bowling effort helped India to seal the game in the third and final T20 of the series.

Chasing 201 on the board, Sri Lanka got the worst possible start with openers, Fernando and Kusal Perera walking back for a cheap score. However, Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva showed some resistance in the middle to avoid further hiccups.

Sri Lanka Rolled Out For 123 Runs –

Just when things looked to settle in the middle for Sri Lanka, the experienced Angelo Mathews played a poor show to help India trigger a collapse. Following the wicket of Angelo Mathews, none of the batsmen stood in the middle for Silva. Dhananjaya was the only batsman, who looked solid in the middle with his brilliant fifty.

Earlier, the Indian openers went berserk in the middle to find the boundary fence more often than not. They both added 97 runs for the first wicket before Shikhar Dhawan being dismissed for 54 on the board. He was quickly followed by Sanju Samson and KL Rahul, which turned things for Sri Lanka. Shreyas Iyer also followed the duo to help further Sri Lanka to make a comeback into the game.

However, the skipper Virat Kohli came to the party for India, who smashed Sri Lanka to all corners of the park. His fantastic knock in the death overs helped India to finish the game on top with a massive tally on the board.

Just when things looked out of the hand got Sri Lanka, the run out of Virat Kohli helped Sri Lanka to stage a comeback into the game. The decent spell in the final overs helped India to restrict for a low score than what was expected earlier. The regular wickets in the middle overs helped Sri Lanka to stay on top of the game before Shardul Thakur showing his skills. In the end, all they managed was 201 on the board.

Here are a few Tweets:

Deepavali before Pongal! #WhistlePodu #INDvSL ?? pic.twitter.com/PZbVYJMx1v

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 10, 2020

India in 3-match T20I series:

Played – 15
Won – 13
Lost – 1
Drawn – 1

Only loss was vs NZ in 2019. #IndvSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/NkMalviya10/status/1215676069782507521

India have now won 19 bilateral series against Sri Lanka on the trot across all formats. That's a tale of incredible dominance in last 11 yrs. Sri Lanka are bread & butter for Team India. #INDvSL

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) January 10, 2020

In this series, we have found two future stars, navdeep saini and @imShard; hope that the team will be a big competitor in #wc20 and probably the winner of the tournament. @imVkohli , @klrahul11,@im_manishpandey and @SDhawan25 are really brilliant. #INDvSL #TeamIndia

— Abhishek Bhattacharjee (@Abhishe60302449) January 10, 2020

Shardul Thakur is making most of the limited opportunities coming his way. Some crucial runs. Wickets. And while there’s a lot of cricket left today, I’m already picking him as my Man of the Match…i.e. if India wins. #IndvSL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 10, 2020

Sri Lanka won the Toss. India bossed the match. Navdeep Saini, once again, shown that we’ve got a special talent on our hands. #IndvSL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 10, 2020

India wins the match by 78 runs and the series comprehensively, great performance with both bat and ball! Navdeep Saini what a gun bowler, will be a great asset for India if he plays the T20 World Cup.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 10, 2020

@bhogleharsha wow navdip Saini
Looks fantastic
Another bumrah in making if taken care properly

— Amit Bansal (@amitbansal109) January 10, 2020

Sanju Samson comeback to the Int'l Cricket with a Six. Big night for him. Virat Kohli is really happy..#INDvSL #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/UnOCTtynQi

— ?.?.?.? ? (@JitRo45) January 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/biswajeet_137/status/1215679342514040832

Why did you start and finish like Pant, @IamSanjuSamson? ? #INDvSL

— Ovi (@Abhijit_19) January 10, 2020

Another clinical display from #TeamIndia to clinch the series ??#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/t2sABuvgAB

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 10, 2020

SL clearly don't have the firepower of India's batting unit. Why do you want to bowl first even if there is dew around? #INDvSL

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) January 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/BhauIndian/status/1215679858635833346