Wanindu Hasaranga (right)
Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga couldn’t find a better way to celebrate his 24th birthday as he not only finished with the best T20I bowling of his career but also managed to write the best figures by a bowler in the format on his birthday. . Hasaranga achieved this feat in the decider of the T20 series against India in Colombo.
Hasranga returns with 4 for 9 against India bowling – Ruturaj Gaikwad for 14, Sanju Samson for 0, Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 16, and Varun Chakravarthy for 0. His four-over spell included 11 dot balls and zero fours.
4 for 9 is now the best figure by a bowler in T20Is on his birthday, surpassing the previous best figure of 4 for 21 written by South Africa. Imran Tahir | against the Netherlands in 2014. It is also his best T20I figure, surpassing his previous best of 3 for 12, achieved in the series against West Indies earlier this year.
Hasaranga remained a key bowler for Sri Lanka as the hosts managed to restrict their third-lowest T20I scores to 80 after 74 (against Australia in 2008) and 79 (against New Zealand in 2016).
Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka While taking two other wickets mismantha chimera And Ramesh Mendis picked one each. Kuldeep Yadav Was India’s top scorer in the game with 23 out of 28.
Sri Lanka won the series against India by 4 wickets on Wednesday, after which the visiting team won the opener by 38 runs.
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