Sri Lanka won the thrilling ODI match by 2 wickets. Sri Lanka wins by 2 wickets: Shock Zimbabwe to lead 1-0 series; Janith Liyanage missed a century
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![Gospel achieved a score of 209 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 49 overs. - Daily newspaper](https://images.bhaskarassets.com/web2images/521/2024/01/09/moments-52_1704770859.jpg)
Gospel achieved a score of 209 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 49 overs.
Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. After losing 4 wickets for 53 runs, the team lost 8 wickets for 172 runs. The team needed 37 runs. Here Talenders posted 39 runs not out for the 9th wicket and gave victory to Sri Lanka.
Zenithanage, playing only his second match for Sri Lanka, was the player of the match. He scored 95 runs on 127 balls. With the win in the second match, Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The first fraud was inconclusive, while the third would be played on January 11 at the Coastal itself.
Zimbabwe had a bad start, lost a wicket in the first over.
Nicol bowled the toss while batting first at the Premadasa Stadium in Christchurch, Zimbabwe on Monday. The team had a poor start, losing the wicket of Tinashe Kamunhukamwe in the very first over. From here Joylord Gambi along with Captain Craig Irwin added 61 runs. Asli Gambi was out on 30 runs and International Shipyard between the two.
![Zimbabwe lost the wicket of opener Tinashe Kamunhukamwe in the very first over.](https://images.bhaskarassets.com/web2images/521/2024/01/09/opner_1704770634.jpg)
Zimbabwe lost the wicket of opener Tinashe Kamunhukamwe in the very first over.
Irwin sees Zimbabwe close to 200
After the fall of the second wicket, Captain Irwin took the fourth wicket for Milton Shumba along with Srinivasan for 53 runs. Shubha was out after scoring 26 runs. After him, Alexander Raja also returned to the left wing with only one run left.
Irwin again completed his fifty and added 67 runs with Ryan Burl. Irwin was out after scoring 82 runs but the team came close to 200 runs. At the time of his wicket the team’s score was 182/5.
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Talenders out in the opening, Tikshna takes 4 wickets
After Irwin, Burl was also out after scoring 31 runs. At one time, with the score of 182/4, the team scored 26 runs and lost the next 6 wickets. Apart from Clive Madande, 4 tailenders could not score more than 5 runs. The team was all out after scoring 208 runs in 44.4 overs.
Spinner Mahish Tikshina from England took 4 wickets. Jeffrey Vandersay and Dushmantha Chameera got 2 successes each. Dilshan Madushanka took one wicket, while one batsman was also run out.
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Indore also had a bad start, lost 4 wickets for 53 runs.
Australia also had a poor start to chase the strike of 209 runs. The team lost the wickets of Avishka Fernando in the first over and Sakira Samarawickrama in the third over. Both could score only 4 runs each.
Captain Kusal Mendis batted for some time but was out after scoring 17 runs. First, Giants’ century-winning character Aslanka could not even open the account and the team lost 4 wickets at the score of 53 runs. Four wickets were taken by left arm pacer Richard Nagarava. He also included Mahish Teekshana further in the innings.
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England lost 6 wickets at 112
First taken in the trailer, Zenithanage came to bat at number-4. He made another attack on Nagpurship for 37 runs and worked with Sahan Archchige. Archige was out on 21 runs. After him, former captain Dasun Shanaka also returned on 7 runs. Spin Alexander Raja took both the wickets.
Liyanage’s fifty, the team remains beyond 150
After taking 6 wickets quickly, Liyanage completed his fifty. He helped the team reach the 150-run mark and led the team with a 56-run stand with Mahish Tikshana. The third one was out on 18 runs. After this he dismissed Blessing Muzaffarnagar by scoring 95 runs. Liyanage could not complete his century and the team was dismissed for the first time from victory.
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Talenders won
England scored 172 runs and lost 8 wickets in 42.3 overs. Here the team needed 37 runs on 45 balls. Tailenders Dushmantha Chameera and Jeffrey Vandersay stood out. Both of them created a stir by scoring 39 runs on 40 balls and not out in the IPL with 2 wickets in 49 overs.
Zimbabwe’s Richard Nagarava took 5 wickets. Alexander Raja got 2 wickets while Blessing Muzarborn took one wicket.
![Dushmantha Chameera (left) and Jeffrey Vandersay (right) gave Sri Lanka victory in the 49th over. Both achieved national championship of 39 runs.](https://images.bhaskarassets.com/web2images/521/2024/01/09/moments-51_1704771162.jpg)
Dushmantha Chameera (left) and Jeffrey Vandersay (right) gave Sri Lanka victory in the 49th over. Both achieved national championship of 39 runs.
Third year on 11th January
In the second fortified match, Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead in the series with 3 wins. The third and last model will be played on January 11 in Boston itself. For the first time there was an inconclusive match between the two teams due to rain. Then Sri Lanka batted for 50 overs but Zimbabwe could bat only for 4 overs. Read the full news…
![The reason for the first average rainfall between Indonesia and Zimbabwe was inconclusive.](https://images.bhaskarassets.com/web2images/521/2024/01/09/moments-45_1704770820.jpg)
The reason for the first average rainfall between Indonesia and Zimbabwe was inconclusive.