IND vs SL: Super Suryakumar Yadav powers India to a 2-1 series victory, in pics

Suryakumar Yadav's blistering unbeaten century (112 not out off 51 balls) and collective dominating performance by bowlers powered India to an impressive 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka with a convincing 91 run-win over in the third and final T20I on Saturday

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With his beautiful wristy shots, Suryakumar made the opponent team feel like he isn't from the same planet, treating every bowler with disdain to power India to a mammoth total of 228-5 in 20 overs

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Apart from Suryakumar, Shubman Gill played a decent knock (46 off 36) while Rahul Tripathi gave India some quickfire runs in the Power-play with his 35 off 16

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Chasing a huge total, the likes of Dasun Shanaka (23), and Dhananjaya de Silva (22) tried but the task was too big for them

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Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler for India with 3-20, while Yuzvendra Chahal (2-30), Hardik Pandya (2-30) and Umran Malik (2-31) picked two wickets each with Axar Patel also getting one wicket

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Suryakumar once again put on an exhibition of his brilliance in the series, smashing bowlers all over the park in a truly 360-degree manner that has become so synonymous with his name

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Suryakumar emerged as the top run-scorer in the series, smashing 170 runs in three matches at an average of 85.00 and strike rate of over 175, with one century and one fifty.

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Suryakumar brought up his third T20I ton in just 45 balls and ended the innings at 112* off 51 balls, with seven fours and nine sixes

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