Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma register first series win. India lost in form opener KL Rahul (4) early in run chase but Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer weathered the early storm before Rohit (27) was dismissed of the bowling of Dasun Shanaka. Iyer and Pandey got India close to the 100-run mark before Iyer (30) had to take the long walk back. Pandey (32) took India close to victory before getting dismissed. Dinesh Karthik (18*) and MS Dhoni (16*) finished things off for the hosts as the visitors lost the final T20I by 5 wickets. India won the series 3-0.

Earlier, Rohit won the toss and elected to field first on a pitch that looked good for batting, Jaydev Unadkat struck early for India as Sri Lanka lost Niroshan Dickwella early. Washington Sundar looked impressive with the ball in his first match for India and also picked up a wicket. Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals and never really got going. Asela Gunaratne top scored for the visitors and Dasun Shanaka's late onslaught helped Sri Lanka reach 135 for 7 in 20 overs. For India, Unadkat and Hardik Pandya picked up a couple of wickets with Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav claiming a wicket each.