IND vs SL Man of the Series today: Who was awarded Man of the Series in India vs Sri Lanka T20I series?

IND vs SL Man of the Series: The Indian batter won the series award for the first time in his 36-match T20I career.

India have registered their seventh T20I series victory against Sri Lanka by winning the third T20I by 6 wickets in Dharamsala tonight. In what is their fourth T20I series victory against Sri Lanka at home, it is the second time when they have whitewashed this opposition in a three-match T20I series.

In spite of playing with a batter short, India convincingly sealed a 147-run target with 19 balls to spare. Batter Shreyas Iyer (73*) and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (22*) joined hands for the second consecutive time to put together a match-winning 45-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

In what was Iyer’s third consecutive T20I half-century, his sixth in this format played a pivotal role behind pushing India to a victory on Sunday. Iyer, who hit nine fours and a six in total on Sunday, reached the 50-run mark by hitting a maximum off Sri Lanka spinner Jeffrey Vandersay.

One batter less still chasing the score easily. Well done team India,another series win 👏

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 27, 2022

IND vs SL Man of the Series

Having outperformed players from both the teams with a significant margin, Iyer was awarded the Man of the Series award for the first time in his 36-match T20I career.

In three T20Is, Iyer emerged as the highest run-scorer amassing 204 runs at a strike rate of 174.35 without getting out even once. Been in and out of the T20I XI lately, Iyer couldn’t have done better to stake a claim for a permanent position in the XI.

“All three knocks were special but yesterday’s – coming in at a crucial moment, I’d pick that [as the favourite knock of the series]. [You] Only require one ball to get into form as long as you’re keeping your eyes on the ball and playing it on its merit.

“The wicket was little two-paced today compared to yesterday. Was playing on the merit. Outfield is so fast, just had to hit gaps. Been a rollercoster journey after my injury. Real test of you is during rehab sessions,” Iyer told Star Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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