AFP, VISAKHAPATNAM, (India): Shikhar Dhawan made an unbeaten 100 as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third one-day international to clinch the series 2-1 in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

Chasing 216 for victory, the hosts depended on a 135-run second-wicket partnership between Shreyas Iyer, who made 65, and Dhawan to achieve their target in 32.1 overs.

India, who won their eighth consecutive ODI series since June 2016, now head into the three Twenty20 internationals against the islanders starting Wednesday in Cuttack.

Earlier, Idia’s Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal combined to restrict Sri Lanka to 215 after a strong start by the visitors.  

After the visitors were put in to bat, opener Upul Tharanga hit an 82-ball 95 to build a solid platform, but the Indian spinners struck back to dispatch the islanders in 44.5 overs at Visakhapatnam.

Tharanga's 121-ball second-wicket partnership with Sadeera Samarawickrama, who made 42, was the highlight of the Sri Lankan innings that fell apart from a commanding 136-1. Leg-spinner Chahal got Samarawickrama, who was included in the XI in place of Lahiru Thirimanne, caught at deep cover to end the stubborn stand.

The in-form Tharanga, who registered his 36th ODI fifty, kept up the pressure with an attacking innings as he passed 1,000 runs in 2017.