Rinku, Sky star with the bowl as India defeats Sri Lanka in super over of 3rd T20I
The third T20 played between India and Sri Lanka went till the Super Over. Team India won the match by winning the Super Over. In the three-match T20 series, Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, clean swept Sri Lanka. At the same time, the Super Over in the last match was very exciting. There was no lack of excitement in the match before the Super Over as well. So let’s know some special and important moments of the exciting match.
Low scoring match tied
The third T20 played between India and Sri Lanka was a low scoring match. Batting first in the match, Team India put 137/9 runs on the board in 20 overs. At one point, the men in blue lost half their side for under 60 runs. Then Sri Lanka, chasing the target, could also put only 137 runs on the board in 20 overs. During this, Sri Lanka lost 8 wickets. In this way the match became high. Sri Lanka needed only 09 runs to win in the last two overs and the team had a total of 6 wickets.
Rinku Singh bowled the 19th over of the innings for India, in which he conceded only 3 runs. Rinku not only saved the innings but also took two wickets. With 6 runs required of the last over captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl it himself, although Siraj and Khaleel had an over each. Surya conceded 6 runs in the last over, which tied the match. Surya also took 2 wickets in his over.
Washington Sundar did wonders for Team India in the Super Over
Washington Sundar, playing his first match of the series, bowled out Sri Lanka, who came to bat first in the Super Over. Sundar, who came to bowl the Super Over for India, bowled the first ball wide. Then one run came on the first ball of the over. After this, on the second ball, Sundar dismissed Kusal Perera by catching him and sent him to the pavilion. Then on the third ball, the Indian spinner dismissed Nisanka by catching him. In this way, Sri Lanka’s Super Over ended in just 3 balls. Sri Lanka scored only 02 runs.
Now Team India needed only 03 runs to win in the super over. Shubman Gill and captain Suryakumar Yadav came out to take charge of the super over for India. Surya gave Team India the win by hitting a four on the very first ball of the over.