Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand in a super over thriller

Mainul Islam

April 2, 2023

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Mainul Islam

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Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand in a super over thriller

Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand has taken away a lot, to say the least. After losing the Test series, the final of the Test Championship was not played. By losing the ODI series, they missed the opportunity to play directly in the 2023 World Cup Heartbroken after losing two series, Sri Lanka has now matched itself in the T20 series. Bangladesh beat the Kiwis in the Super Over in the first T20 on Sunday morning. Which is their first win on this tour. In Auckland, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 196 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, New Zealand scored 196 runs losing 8 wickets. It is possible due to the bravery of Ish Sodhi. He leveled the score with a six off the last ball of the innings. The match was made into a super-over. There, New Zealand batted first and collected only 8 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Sri Lankan Mahish Thiksana dismissed Jimmy Neesham and Mark Chapman in the second and sixth balls of the over and did not allow more than 8 runs.

In reply, Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka hit a six and a four (5 runs as a no-ball) in the second and third balls of New Zealand’s Adam Milne’s over, scoring 11 runs in three balls to give Sri Lanka a thrilling victory. Not only during the Super Over but before that Asalanka made a big contribution to Sri Lanka’s innings of 196 runs. When Dhananjaya De Silva got out as the third batsman after 65 runs, Kushala Perera added 103 runs from 68 balls for the fourth wicket. He returned with 67 runs in 41 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes in the head of the team’s 168 runs. Then captain Shanaka was dismissed for 1 run but Perera and Wanindu Hasaranga scored 25 runs off 17 balls unbroken in the sixth wicket partnership to take the team’s total to 196. Perera remained unbeaten on 53 off 45 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Hasaranga remained unbeaten on 21 runs with 2 sixes. With the ball in hand, Jimmy Neesum of New Zealand took 2 wickets with 30 runs in 4 overs. Chasing 196 runs, the hosts lost 2 wickets in 3 runs. From there, Darryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra, Jimmy Neesham, and Ish Sodhi took the match to a thrilling contest. Mitchell scored 66 off 44 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Chapman scored 33 runs with 2 fours and as many sixes. Apart from this Latham 27, Rachin 26, Neesham 19, and Sodhi scored 10 runs unbeaten.

New Zealand needed 13 runs to win in the last over. Dasun Shanaka came with the ball. With the first ball, he sent back Rachin Ravindra, who was in shock. Shodhi and Shipley can take 6 runs in the next four balls.7 runs were needed from the last ball to win it. 6 runs to tie. Sodhi took the match to the super over by blasting Shanakar’s last ball through midwicket. Sri Lanka’s Pramod Madushan, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Dasun Shanaka took 2 wickets each with the ball.

Last Updated: Apr 2, 2023