Tuesday , December 24 2024

SL vs NZ: Sri Lanka made a big upset, changed the WTC equation by defeating New Zealand | News India

At the same time, New Zealand has lost one position in the points table. After the defeat against Sri Lanka, the New Zealand team has now reached the fourth position. The Kiwi team has 36 points after 3 wins and 4 losses in 7 matches. The Kiwi team is now in fourth place. The Indian team is still in first place while the Australian team is in second place.

match status

At one point in this match, it seemed that the New Zealand team would win the match. But in the second innings, the Sri Lankan bowlers changed the course of the match. Sri Lanka scored 305 runs in the first innings. Under pressure, the New Zealand team scored 340 runs in the first innings. After which the Kiwi team got a lead of 35 runs. After this, Sri Lanka played better in the second innings and scored 309 runs. In the second innings, the batting of the New Zealand team was not very good and the whole team collapsed at 211 runs. The Kiwi team expected Rachin Ravindra to be successful in winning the match but in the end this player also got out after scoring 92 runs.

Superb bowling by Prabhat Jayasuriya

Sri Lankan fast bowler Prabhat Jayasuriya performed brilliantly in both innings of this match. Prabhat took 4 wickets in the first innings and 5 wickets in the second innings. Due to which Prabhat took a total of 9 wickets in this match. Prabhat was also selected as the Player of the Match for his brilliant performance.