Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 5 wickets in the second ODI and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
The Sri Lankan team is having an excellent performance at home where after winning the T20 series against the West Indies, they have now taken a 2-0 lead in the ODI series as well. The second match of this series played at the Pallekele ground was reduced to 44-44 overs due to rain. In this match, the West Indies team had the opportunity to bat first, in which they were restricted to only 189 runs in 36 overs. While the Sri Lankan team achieved this objective in 38.2 overs with the loss of only 5 wickets. For the Sri Lankan team, the most important contribution in this victory was seen by their spinners in which Mahesh Tikshina took 3 wickets while Wanindu Hasaranga took 4 wickets.
West Indies team caught in anger
In this match, the Sri Lankan team had decided to bowl first after winning the toss, in which the Sri Lankan team decided to start their match-winning bowler, Mahesh Tikshina. He also proved that this decision was completely correct and played an important role in giving the Sri Lankan team two blows to the score of 17. At one point, the West Indies team had lost 8 wickets to reach 58, but from hence Gudakesh Moti played an important role in leading his team to a respectable score of 189 playing an unbeaten innings of 50 runs. In this match, Mahesh Tikshina took 3 wickets and gave 25 runs in 9 bowling games. Apart from this, Wanindu Hasaranga managed to take 4 wickets while Asita Fernando managed to take 3 wickets.
Charith Asalanka played captaincy innings
It was not an easy task for the Sri Lankan team to chase the target in this match in which they also lost 2 wickets to the score of 25. After this, the 62-run partnership between Nissan Madushanka and Sadira Samarawickrama for the third wicket helped to manage team inputs. However, after this the Sri Lanka team had lost 4 wickets to the score of 112, from where their captain Charith Asalanka took charge of the innings and played till the end and came back after giving the team victory by 5 wickets. . An unbeaten innings of 62 runs in 61 balls was seen from the bat of Charith Asalanka.
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