HIGHLIGHTS:
- India has won a world-record 12 T20 matches in a row
- India swept the T20 series 3-0
- India has now won 12 T20Is in a row, tying Afghanistan and Romania for the straightest victories in T20 internationals
On February 27, the Rohit Sharma-led Team India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in Dharamsala to win the third and final T20 match.
India swept the T20 series 3-0 and set a new global record by winning their 12th consecutive T20 international match. We look at the top figures and numbers from the 3rd T20 between India and Sri Lanka in these photo galleries.
Shreyas Iyer became the second batsman in history of T20 to have three consecutive undefeated 50-plus innings.
In the three matches of the series, Shreyas Iyer scored 204 runs. Iyer also became only the second batter in T20I history to record three consecutive undefeated 50s. In 2019, David Warner accomplished the feat against Sri Lanka.
India has won a world-record 12 T20 matches in a row
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team won their 12th consecutive T20 international encounter in Dharamsala, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets.
India has now won 12 T20Is in a row, tying Afghanistan and Romania for the straightest victories in T20 internationals.
Since February 2016, India has not lost a T20I to Sri Lanka
Ravi Bishnoi of Team India celebrates after picking up a wicket against Sri Lanka in the third T20. India has now won ten consecutive Twenty20 Internationals (completed) at home against Sri Lanka.
In world cricket, Rohit Sharma has played the most T20 international matches
Rohit Sharma made his 125th T20I appearance. He has now surpassed Shoaib Malik (124) as the player with the most T20 international appearances.
In T20Is, Dasun Shanaka has the third best score by Sri Lankan captain
Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka’s captain, on his way to a 74-run stand against India in the third T20. Shanaka’s score in a T20I inning was the third highest by a Sri Lankan skipper. Kumar Sangakkara scored 78 against India in 2009 and Tilakaratne Dilshan got 104 not out against Australia in 2011.
