Sri Lanka is hosting New Zealand in the first match of the T20 series between the two teams at Dambulla Stadium on November 9. Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets, beating New Zealand by 135 runs before achieving the target in 19 overs. In this game, Sri Lankan player Kusal Perera also performed a miracle with the bat and became Sri Lanka’s highest scorer in the T20 International.
Kusal Perera breaks Tillakaratne Dilshan record
In the first match of the T20 series against New Zealand, Kusal Perera scored 23 runs off 17 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six to break Tira Records of Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dilshan represented Sri Lanka in 80 T20 international matches, scoring 1889 runs at an average of 28.19, including a century and 13 half-centuries. Talking about Kusal Perera, he has played 73 T20 internationals so far and scored 1904 runs at an average of 27.59, during which he has also hit 15 half-century innings with the bat . Kusal also became the first Sri Lankan player to cross the 1900-run mark in T20 internationals.
Sri Lanka T20 International top scorer
- Kusal Perera – 1904 runs
- Tillakaratne Dilshan – 1889 runs
- Kusal Mendis – 1840 times
- Pathum Nissanka – 1541 runs
Veeraraj’s bowling and Aslankar’s batting helped Sri Lanka emerge victorious.
If we talk about the first T20 match of the series at Dambulla Stadium, Dunith Vellalage witnessed Sri Lanka’s bowling performance and he managed to take three wickets, besides, Nuwan Suchhara, Wanindu Hasaranga and Mathisha Pathirana were also present. Two wickets were taken respectively. In terms of batting, Sri Lanka captain Asaranka played an important role and helped the team win with an unbeaten record of 35 runs off 28 balls.
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