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The Indian team will return from Tuesday. (AP Photo)
Suryakumar Yadav then hit a brilliant century in the series decider in Rajkot
A new-look Team India, led by Hardik Pandya, started their year with a win. The team defeated Asian champions Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series at home.
The win extended India’s unbeaten streak to 11 in the T20I series at home and also provided a platform for the youngsters to prove their mettle.
And after India’s stupendous performance, former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal has praised the performance of the Men in Blue against Sri Lanka.
Akmal feels India Displayed a fearless brand of cricket.
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India managed to win the 1st T20I by two runs to take a 1-0 lead in the T20Is against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. However, the visitors made a quick comeback in the second contest to draw level at 1-1 in Pune.
Suryakumar Yadav then scored a brilliant century in the series decider in Rajkot. He scored an unbeaten 112 off just 51 balls.
The 32-year-old became the fastest player to score 1,500 runs in T20I history.
Additionally, Surya also registered the second fastest century by an Indian in T20Is. The explosive batsman has so far scored 1578 runs at a strike rate of 180.34 in 45 T20Is.
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SKY’s blistering knock took India to a mammoth score of 228.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh then picked up three wickets in the game as the Dasun Shanaka-led side were bundled out for a mammoth total of 137.
After winning the T20I series, India will now aim to replicate a similar performance against Sri Lanka in the ODIs. The first match of the series will be played in Guwahati on Tuesday.
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