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Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh bowled brilliantly to give India a win in the third T20 match against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. After the bowling of these two, there was a flood of memes on social media. Apart from Gautam Gambhir, the credit for India's victory was given to the Indian spinners. Keep in mind that India's situation in the match was bad because Sri Lanka needed 9 runs from the last 12 balls, while 6 wickets were left.
Rinku Singh bowled
After this, captain Suryakumar Yadav handed the ball to Rinku Singh, who was bowling for the first time in T20. Right-handed Rinku performed well and completely dismissed Kusal Perera (46 runs off 34 balls) and Ramesh Mendis (3 runs off 6 balls).
Sri Lanka needed 6 runs in the last over. Suryakumar himself took charge of the last over without giving Mohammad Siraj (0/11, 3 overs) a chance to bowl. The reason for this was the dangerous spin happening in Pallekele. After this, the Indian captain himself decided to make his bowling debut in T20.
Suryakumar took 2 wickets
Under this pressure and in the last over, Surya took two wickets. He dismissed Kamindu Mendis (1) and Mahish Tiksina (0) on consecutive balls. Surya gave only five runs in this last over and the match ended in a thrilling tie. After this, in the super over, India chased the target of three runs and won the match on the very first ball. Suryakumar sealed the team's victory by hitting a four towards fine leg off Mahish Tiksina's ball.
Gambhir got the credit
With this win, India whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0. After India's win, social media was flooded with funny memes, crediting new head coach Gautam Gambhir for turning Indian batsmen into spin wizards.
One user even compared the trio of Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav and Riyan Parag to legendary spinners Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.
The match started late due to rain
The last T20 match at Pallakkal got off to a late start due to rain, where India's top order collapsed in the powerplay. At one stage, India lost 5 wickets for 48 runs, after which Shubman Gill (39) and Riyan Parag (26) and finally Washington Sundar (25) helped India post a modest score of 137/9.
The match went to super over
When Sri Lanka started the run chase, it seemed that they would definitely win the match. In the Sri Lankan innings, Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis started the innings chasing the target, but then the Indian spinners came into the frame of the match and brought Sri Lanka to a draw by taking 7 wickets for 27 runs in 26 balls. When Mohammad Siraj's over was left in the match, Suryakumar Yadav bet on Rinku Singh and himself and tied the match by saving 9 runs in 12 balls. When India went into the super over and won the match.