17 year drought ended, defeated Kiwi team in its own home for the first time since 2006, created a big record
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Sri Lanka has started the new year with a resounding victory. This victory of Sri Lanka is so big that the victory drought that had been going on for 17 years has ended. From this it can be estimated how much this victory means for Sri Lanka. Kusal Perera had an important contribution in this historic victory of Lanka, who did a great feat by scoring the first century of his T20I career. With this, Sri Lanka succeeded in winning the first T20I match on New Zealand soil since MEN 2006.
In this third T20I match played at Saxton Oval, Nelson, Sri Lanka won in a thrilling manner by 7 runs. However, host New Zealand was successful in winning the 3-match T20I series 2-1. New Zealand won the first two matches of the 3-match T20I series. Let us tell you, T20I series was played for the first time between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the year 2006. This 2-match series was organized on New Zealand soil. Then on 22 December 2006, the first match was won by Sri Lanka using the Duckworth-Lewis rule while New Zealand won the second match.
In this match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored a big score of 218 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Kusal Perera played a stormy inning of 101 runs in just 46 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. Captain Charith Asalanka contributed 46 runs. In response, the New Zealand team could score only 211 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Rachin Ravindra scored the highest score of 69 runs for New Zealand.
Winning streak continues
New Zealand had earlier toured Sri Lanka in November last year. A 2-match T20I series was played on that tour which was tied at 1-1. Sri Lanka won the first match by 4 wickets while New Zealand won by 5 runs in the second match. Now New Zealand has maintained its winning streak in the shortest format of cricket against Sri Lanka by winning the T20I series at home.
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