Sri Lanka Vs West Indies, 1st T20i In Pallekele Highlights
Stay with TOI for all the live cricket score updates, ball by ball commentary, scorecard and highlights of 1st Test match between West Indies and Sri Lanka. The West Indies received the first T20I match by four wickets, with Sri Lanka successful the second match by forty three runs to level the collection. The West Indies won the ultimate match by three wickets to win the series 2–1.
Kieron Pollard hit six sixes in one over, off the bowling of Akila Dananjaya, changing into the second cricketer to attain this in T20Is. Akila Dananjaya had a day to recollect and a day to forget within the house of an over. After picking up 1 for thirteen in 4 overs, he smashed 21 not out off six balls to seal the game.
Sri Lanka Tour Of West Indies, 2021
Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball outside off, de Silva guides it to 3rd man for a couple. Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball on middle, defended onto the pitch. Rahkeem Cornwall to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball on middle, DdS works it to lengthy on for a single. Among their newcomers, Ashen Bandara and Pathum Nissanka just lately impressed in the course of the latest limited-overs series in opposition to the hosts West Indies.
Then there’s the small matter of Sri Lanka’s build-up to this sequence, which has been chaotic to place it mildly. With a number of senior players lacking, both via harm or a lack of match-health following Covid-related time away from training, the variety of available experienced campaigners in the squad may be counted on one hand. Their captain Dasun Shanaka, meanwhile, who was lucky enough to avoid any of those points, misses out as a result of he couldn’t kind his visa out on time. And then there’s the problem of the team’s fast-bowling coach pulling out from the tour at the eleventh hour over a pay dispute – which the country’s sports activities minister has openly said would impact the younger gamers on tour. And that is without even concerning the truth that Sri Lanka haven’t received a recreation of cricket up to now 12 months.