Sri Lankan hopes to end the miserable tour on a high were erased after India won the 136-run chase. Albeit in a struggle with four balls to spare, on Christmas eve.
With this win, the Indian team Santas gave us a 3-0 series whitewash against Sri Lanka. With an exciting five-wicket win in the third Twenty20 in Mumbai on Sunday.
Chasing 136 for a series whitewash, India held their nerves to reach the target in 19.2 overs with five wickets in hand when MS Dhoni hit Thisara Perera for winning runs.
The hosts overcame the loss of early wickets to overhaul the target with four balls to spare. Pacers Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka bagged two wickets each for Sri Lanka.
The visitors struck back when Iyer was run out thanks to an excellent piece of fielding by Akila Dananjaya in the 14th over.
Hardik Pandya was also dismissed in the very next over as the Sri Lankans looked to make a strong comeback.
Pandya had attempted to guide a delivery from Dasun Shanaka through the empty third man region, but his miscued shot was safely grabbed by Sri Lanka wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella.
The hosts suffered another setback when the in-form Manish Pandey, who was their top scorer with 32 runs off 29 balls, was bowled by Dushmantha Chameera.
India beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in the three-Test series. Prevailed 2-1 in the one-dayers before stretching their domination in 20-overs.
India will now travel to South Africa for a full-fledged series starting with first Test on January 5.