Sri Lanka has the upper hand in the 3rd T20I, as they managed to get to a gargantuan total of 218/5. Kusal Perera made 101 from just 46 balls, and received good support at the other end from Charith Asalanka. Kiwi bowlers, who performed really well in the first two matches got some real punishment this time, and Zakary Foulkes returned figures of 4-0-52-1. The spinners (Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell and Glenn Phillips) were also quite expensive, with all of them going for more than 10 runs per over.
Sri Lanka have done enough in this innings because that's not something you want to say about a team that scored 218 in their first innings. But that speaks to how well new zealand set about their chase for most of the innings. It was kushal perera maiden T20 century a victory which is second in the list of fastest wins by sri lanka. Perera fell with less than two overs left in the innings after entering the powerplay and his innings was so influential that even the last two overs of a ball could not prevent sri lanka from registering their second highest t20 score.