India Vs Sri Lanka: India won the ODI three-match series by 2-1

Sri Lanka beat India by three wickets for a consolation win as Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa hit a half-century to win the rain-hit third ODI on Friday. However, India won the series by 2-1. Sri Lanka depended on a 109-run second-wicket stand between Fernando (76) and Rajapaksa (65) to achieve their target with 48 balls to spare after chasing 226 for victory in the reduced 47-overs-a-side.

By taking key wickets including Fernando in order to put Sri Lanka in trouble before Ramesh Mendis steered the team home with an unbeaten 15, Debutant leg spinner Rahul Chahar returned figures of 3-54. Before this, spinners Akila Dananjaya and debutant Praveen Jayawickrama took three wickets each that bowled out India in 443.1 overs at 225 runs. Both the teams will be playing three Twenty20 internationals at the same venue from Sunday.