Shreyas Iyer stars to emerge as the player of the series 

Shreyas Iyer was among the runs again and remained unbeaten in the series, ably filling in for Virat Kohli at one-down as India completed yet another convincing win over Sri Lanka, beating them by six wickets in the third T20I in Dharamsala and wrapping the series clean at 3-0.

Iyer starred with 73 off 45 as India sealed their 12th successive T20I win, the joint-longest winning streak for a full member, and their seventh series win on the trot at home in this format.

It was Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson opening the batting in the absence of Ishan Kishan, who was ruled out after being hit on the helmet in the second game. Rohit fell once again to Dushmantha Chameera, for the sixth time in T20Is, when he failed to get on top of a short ball while Samson edged Chamika Karunaratne behind for a 12-ball 18.

Iyer, as a result, was at the crease as early as the second over, but there was no gauging the pitch and the pace this time around. He hit his stride with three boundaries in Lahiru Kumara’s first over and there was no looking back from there. The half-century came off only 29 balls.

He was not dismissed across the three matches, scoring 57 not out off 28, 74 not out off 44, and 73 not out off 45. He struck seven sixes and 20 fours in the series and was adjudged the Player of the Series.