India beat Sri Lanka in series decider

Visakhapatnam, Dec 17 (CRICKETNMORE) - India eased to an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the decisive third and final One-Day International (ODI) here on Sunday. After restricting Sri Lanka to 215 runs, Shikhar Dhawan's 100 not out helped India

Iyer scored 65 runs off 63 balls to bring up the second half-century of his fledging three-match-old ODI career.

He smashed eight boundaries and a six before a poor shot saw him offer an easy catch to Suranga Lakmal at mid-on off Thisara Perera's bowling.

At that point, India were cruising along comfortably with the scoreboard reading 149/2 in the 23rd over.

Dinesh Karthik (26 not out) then joined Dhawan in the middle and the duo saw India through to a resounding victory.

Pacer Thisara Perera and off-spinner Akila Dananjaya were the only Sri Lankan bowlers among the wickets with figures of 1/25 and 1/53 respectively.