88/1 (10.5)
CR : 8.12
82/10 (14.1)
CR : 5.79
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets š
Player of the Match
Wanindu Hasaranga
4/15
9:09 PM: Sri Lanka win the deciding T20I international by 9 wickets and 55 deliveries to spare winning the three match series by 2-1. The bowlers starred in the first innings dismissing Zimbabwe for their all time lowest T20I score of 82 which was chased down with ease.
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis started the chase off in style scoring 50 runs in the powerplay. The partnership was broken with the score 64 in 7.4 overs as Mendis was cleaned up by Sean Williams in his first over.
Dhananjaya de Silva then picked up and added a run-a-ball 15 hitting a couple of fours. Nissanka continued to attack bad balls and finished the series with a maximum remaining unbeaten at 39 in 23 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six.
Sean Williams (1/13), Blessing Muzarabani (0/16) and Richard Ngarava (0/22) tried their best to contain runs but there wasn't enough on the Zimbabwean board to challenge the strong Sri Lankan side.
Stay tuned as we comeback with the post series festivities.
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis started the chase off in style scoring 50 runs in the powerplay. The partnership was broken with the score 64 in 7.4 overs as Mendis was cleaned up by Sean Williams in his first over.
Dhananjaya de Silva then picked up and added a run-a-ball 15 hitting a couple of fours. Nissanka continued to attack bad balls and finished the series with a maximum remaining unbeaten at 39 in 23 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six.
Sean Williams (1/13), Blessing Muzarabani (0/16) and Richard Ngarava (0/22) tried their best to contain runs but there wasn't enough on the Zimbabwean board to challenge the strong Sri Lankan side.
Stay tuned as we comeback with the post series festivities.
9:21 PM IST, Local Time: Time for the post-match presentation.....
Wanindu Hasaranga is the player of the match.
Angelo Mathews is the player of the series.
Angelo Mathews (Player of the Series): "It was a huge occasion for me because in the past 16 years I don't think my parents were ever present so I dedicate it to them. It was a great comeback series for me. I have been working hard on and off the field to keep up with the youngsters. Happy to contribute in all the departments.
The role depends on the surface and it will change. My job was to try and help us to get to a good target in the 2nd T20. It depends on the situation and where I bat. Happy to bat anywhere.
I would love to bowl a few overs towards the end. If not for my crappy over in the previous T20, we would have won. We had to work extremely hard to win the series, credit to Zimbabwe."
The role depends on the surface and it will change. My job was to try and help us to get to a good target in the 2nd T20. It depends on the situation and where I bat. Happy to bat anywhere.
I would love to bowl a few overs towards the end. If not for my crappy over in the previous T20, we would have won. We had to work extremely hard to win the series, credit to Zimbabwe."
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe Captain): "52 after six and to be 82 all out. I mean, there is no explanation. The only explanation I have is that we take full responsibility as players and we're trying our best. But unfortunately, when we need courage more than skill, it's not there. And that's something that cannot be coached or taught, unfortunately. That's one of the reasons today.
If I have to describe the tour, I think it's always been the extreme. We've either been really good or really poor. There's nothing in between for us right now. We're not finding a consistent way of play that we're looking for at the moment. So when we've been good, we've been very good.
[Area of concern] Yeah, listen, we are having a lot of positive chats in the changing room, but I'm very big on how we train. On the match day, I always say it's showtime. Unfortunately, I still think we are not training as professionally together as a team, including myself. Me, Ervine, and Williams had to play most overs, and unfortunately, we three could not be there for too long and that has had a ripple effect on the team.
[Positives] Our seamers, credit to them for remaining fit and doing all the right things to remain fit and not just to remain fit, they bowled exceptionally on the entire tour."
[Area of concern] Yeah, listen, we are having a lot of positive chats in the changing room, but I'm very big on how we train. On the match day, I always say it's showtime. Unfortunately, I still think we are not training as professionally together as a team, including myself. Me, Ervine, and Williams had to play most overs, and unfortunately, we three could not be there for too long and that has had a ripple effect on the team.
[Positives] Our seamers, credit to them for remaining fit and doing all the right things to remain fit and not just to remain fit, they bowled exceptionally on the entire tour."
Wanindu Hasaranga (Player of the Match, Sri Lanka Captain): "After 2nd game we did a really good job. We were talking about fielding and batting. Our bowlers and fielders did a really good job.
In the 2nd game we saw dew come in so that's why we tried and chased. I am concerned about fielding and top order batting."
In the 2nd game we saw dew come in so that's why we tried and chased. I am concerned about fielding and top order batting."
Hasaranga collects the series trophy and heads to meet his team for a formal picture.
That's it from our coverage of a wonderful T20 international series between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Allow the trio of Ninaad Dixit, Deepak Prakash and Raju Khariya to sign off as we take your leave. But there is a lot of cricketing entertainment happening all over the world. Stay tuned for all the coverage, right here.