196/8 (20.0)
CR : 9.80
196/5 (20.0)
CR : 9.80
Sri Lanka won in superover 🏆
Player of the Match
C Asalanka
67(41) & 10(2)
Adam Milne
31 yrs
Best4/37
Innings35
Wickets36
Economy7.85
Avg26.33
Kusal Mendis
28 yrs
Best79
Innings52
Runs1162
SR130.86
Avg23.24
Charith Asalanka
26 yrs
Best80
Innings34
Runs729
SR120.70
Avg24.30
0.1
1
A Milne to K Mendis
Good start from Milne. Good length delivery outside off with the pace being taken off. Mendis was early on the hoick and manages to pull that down to long-on off the inner half. A single is taken.
0.2
6
A Milne to C Asalanka
IN THE AIR AND SIXXX! WOW! Fuller length delivery and in the middle stump line with the pace being taken off again. Asalanka reads the slower one and clears his front leg. He swats that towards the cow corner region and eludes the leaping Chapman for a much-needed maximum. Just 2 required now.
0.3
4nb
A Milne to C Asalanka
FOUR! That will do it for Sri Lanka. Fantastic performance from them in the Super Over and they have finally registered their maiden victory on this tour. Charith Asalanka is the hero for Sri Lanka for tonight. Short of a length delivery and on the top of off-pole, Asalanka transfers his weight back and gently guides that over the keeper's head as the ball races away towards the boundary ropes. It's also a NO-BALL from Milne for overstepping. But it doesn't matter. Sri Lanka have defeated New Zealand in the Super Over to go 1-0 in the series.
SL won in superover
10:27 AM IST | AND SRI LANKA HAVE WON A HARD FOUGHT ENCOUNTER IN THE SUPER OVER! They take a 1-0 lead in this 3 match T20I series! A fantastic victory for the Lankans to kick off the series!
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first, and that decision looked to be a superb one as a clever review from Tom Latham sent Patthum Nissanka packing off the first delivery of the match! However, Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera had other ideas as the duo smashed quick 47 runs to put Sri Lanka in the driver's seat!
Charith Asalanka then came in and played a fantastic knock to score 67 runs off 41 balls and thanks to a late innings cameo from Wanindu Hasaranga the Lankans posted a total of 196/5 from their 20 overs.
Come the chase, Sri Lanka were in dream land as both Bowes and Seifert were dismissed for a combined total of 3 runs on the board. The Kiwis were in grave danger of an embarrassing loss but Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham held fort for a 63 run-stand to bring the Kiwis back in the game. Daryl Mitchell top scored for them with 66 runs off 44 balls.
After Mitchell's loss, the game looked to be headed Lanka's way but in came Ravindra with a 13 ball 26 cameo and with 6 needed off the last ball to tie the game, Ish Sodhi wielded his magic bat and ensured the game went into super over!
The Kiwis batted first and Sri Lanka opted for Theekshana. Lanka's decision proved to be the right one as the spinner gave away only 8 runs while picking up 2 wickets. Eventually, Sri Lanka finished off the game with 3 balls to spare in the super over!
A thrilling start to the series here and Sri Lanka will look to build on this to seal the victory in the next T20I! While, New Zealand will go back to the drawing board and look to iron out the finer margins that cost them the game tonight!
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first, and that decision looked to be a superb one as a clever review from Tom Latham sent Patthum Nissanka packing off the first delivery of the match! However, Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera had other ideas as the duo smashed quick 47 runs to put Sri Lanka in the driver's seat!
Charith Asalanka then came in and played a fantastic knock to score 67 runs off 41 balls and thanks to a late innings cameo from Wanindu Hasaranga the Lankans posted a total of 196/5 from their 20 overs.
Come the chase, Sri Lanka were in dream land as both Bowes and Seifert were dismissed for a combined total of 3 runs on the board. The Kiwis were in grave danger of an embarrassing loss but Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham held fort for a 63 run-stand to bring the Kiwis back in the game. Daryl Mitchell top scored for them with 66 runs off 44 balls.
After Mitchell's loss, the game looked to be headed Lanka's way but in came Ravindra with a 13 ball 26 cameo and with 6 needed off the last ball to tie the game, Ish Sodhi wielded his magic bat and ensured the game went into super over!
The Kiwis batted first and Sri Lanka opted for Theekshana. Lanka's decision proved to be the right one as the spinner gave away only 8 runs while picking up 2 wickets. Eventually, Sri Lanka finished off the game with 3 balls to spare in the super over!
A thrilling start to the series here and Sri Lanka will look to build on this to seal the victory in the next T20I! While, New Zealand will go back to the drawing board and look to iron out the finer margins that cost them the game tonight!
Charith Asalanka is the Player of the Match!
10:39 AM IST | Well that's all for today folks! A high scoring encounter resulting in a thrilling victory for the Lankans! This is Anirudh signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Megh and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyyer! See you on the next one!