IND vs SL 2021: 5 interesting stats from 3rd India vs Sri Lanka T20I
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Wanindu Hasaranga will always remember his 24th birthday because he helped his team record a historic victory. Hasaranga dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy to complete his four-wicket haul.
Wanindu Hasaranga bowled the best spell on birthday in men's T20I cricket history
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Born on July 7, 2000, the 21-year-old Karnataka cricketer has a bright future and if he maintains the pace of his rise in the sport, he's sure to break more conventional records in the coming years.
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Six other players have captained India in T20I cricket before it fell in Shikhar Dhawan’s hands. All of them recorded a victory in their maiden series as Indian T20I skippers.
Shikhar Dhawan is the first Indian to lose his maiden T20I series as the skipper
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Unfortunately, Dhawan could not accomplish that feat. One can say that luck did not favour Dhawan because he did not have nine players from his squad available for two of the three matches in the series.
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India and Sri Lanka played their first bilateral T20I series in 2009. Before this series, the Islanders had never been able to register a series win against the Men in Blue.
Sri Lanka registered their maiden T20I series win against the Indian team
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Sri Lanka ended their 12-year drought by winning the 3-match series 2-1. The hosts lost the opening game, but they bounced back and won the next two fixtures to secure the series in Colombo.
Team India has rarely finished with totals of less than 100 in the T20I arena. However, the third T20I against Sri Lanka was a game that the Indian batsmen would love to forget.
India recorded their lowest T20I total against Sri Lanka
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Despite Kuldeep Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's contributions, India scored only 81 runs in their innings. While Yadav and Kumar ensured India did not register their lowest total in T20I cricket, they could not stop Sri Lanka from restricting India to their lowest total in T20Is against them.
Shikhar Dhawan had a forgettable end to his maiden T20I series as Indian captain. The southpaw got out on the first ball that he faced after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Shikhar Dhawan became the first Indian captain to record a golden duck in T20I
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After Dushmantha Chameera dismissed him, Dhawan became the first Indian captain to lose his wicket for a golden duck in T20I cricket. Before Dhawan, six players had captained India in the shortest format of the game.