West Indies team is on Sri Lanka tour these days. Where the ODI series is being played between the two teams. Sri Lanka won the first match of the ODI series. With this, Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. In this match, Sri Lanka has broken a special record of Team India. Earlier, a three-match T20 series was played between the two teams in which Sri Lanka won 2-1.
Sri Lanka broke this record of India
In the first match interrupted by rain, West Indies scored 185 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 38.3 overs. Batting for West Indies, Rutherford played the highest unbeaten inning of 74 runs. Apart from this, while bowling for Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga took maximum 2 wickets. After this, Sri Lanka got the target of 232 runs to win due to DLS system.
Sri Lanka scored 232 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 31.5 overs. With this, the Sri Lankan team became the fastest Asian team to chase the score of 230+. Earlier this record was in the name of Team India. India had achieved this feat against West Indies in the year 2019.
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Charit Asalanka and Nishan Madusanka played important roles in Sri Lanka's victory. While batting in this match, Aslanka scored the highest innings of 77 runs on 71 balls, while Madushanka scored 69 runs. Apart from this, Mendis scored 30 unbeaten runs. While bowling for West Indies, Gudakesh Moti took maximum 3 wickets.