SL Vs NZ, ODI Series: Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by three wickets in the second ODI. The host New Zealand team was given a target of 210 runs to win. Chasing this, the Sri Lankan team lost seven wickets at the score of 163. Mendis (74) got injured. Then Tikshan scored 27 runs. And one over before Sri Lanka won. This is Sri Lanka’s first ODI series win against New Zealand since 2012. With this, the Sri Lankan team achieved its fifth win in the ODI series this year. He has achieved this feat for the first time since 2014. Mendis faced 102 balls and played an unbeaten inning of 74 runs with the help of six fours.
Due to rain the match was played in 47 overs
Due to rain the match ended 47-47. Mark Chapman of the New Zealand team, who came to bat first, played an aggressive inning of 76 runs. He faced 81 balls and hit seven fours and three sixes. Apart from him, wicketkeeper and batsman Mitchell Hay contributed 49 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not last long in front of the spinners. Will Young (26), Tim Robinson (4) and Henry Nicholls (8) were out cheaply. Glenn Phillips was also successful in scoring 15 runs.
New Zealand team’s lower order batsmen thrashed
After this, Chapman showed a brilliant game and took the team to 173 runs for four wickets. From here the Sri Lankan team made a comeback and lost the last six wickets of New Zealand for 36 runs. Not a single lower order batsman could touch double figures. For Sri Lanka, Tikshan took 31 wickets and Jeffrey Vanderes took three wickets each for 46 runs.
Sri Lanka’s bad start
Sri Lankan team’s Avishka Fernando, who came to chase the target, returned to the pavilion in the fifth over after scoring 5 runs. Pathum Nissanka was looking in good form then. But he too was out after scoring 28 runs with the help of four fours. Then Kamindu Mendis could not open the account and was out on Bracewell’s ball. Captain Charith Asalanka scored 13 runs and Sadira Samarawickrama scored 8 runs and could not do anything special. And got out on spinners.
Mendis and Tikshana led the team to victory
Mendis and Zainit Liyanag made a partnership of 39 runs. And took the team’s score beyond 100. After this Dunith Velalag scored 18 runs and made a partnership of 31 runs for the seventh wicket. When he was out, the team’s score was 163 runs. After this, Mendis and Tikhasna together increased the team’s score and made the team the winner. Bracewell was the most successful bowler for New Zealand. Who took four wickets for 36 runs.
