Sports Desk, Obnews: Sri Lanka has created a stir in international cricket by defeating New Zealand in the two-match Test series. The team has shocked the big teams by giving a crushing defeat to New Zealand after 15 years. Not only this, Sri Lanka has also made a world record in its name.
Actually, Sri Lanka had scored 600 runs in the first innings against the Kiwi team. By touching the 600 mark, Sri Lanka became the team which has scored 600+ in Tests against 9 opposition teams. Till now no team has been able to achieve this feat before Sri Lanka. Australia, India and South Africa scored 600 plus runs against the opposing teams 8 times in an innings of a test match, but now the Sri Lankan team has left everyone behind and has created a world record.
Sri Lankan batsmen have shown a brilliant game against New Zealand. Three batsmen of the team scored brilliant centuries. Kamindu Mendis played an inning of 182 runs. While Dinesh Chandimal scored 116 runs. Kusal Mendis also scored 116 runs. Whereas Prabhat Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka took a total of 18 wickets in this two-match series, for which he was given the Player of the Series award. While Kamindu Mendis received the Player of the Match award.
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For information, let us tell you that before winning this Test series against New Zealand, the Sri Lankan team had defeated the Kiwi team 2-0 at home in 2009. This is Sri Lanka's biggest win in terms of innings against New Zealand. In such a situation, Sri Lanka's excellent form can now become a tension for other teams.
New Zealand now has to play a test series against India. This defeat against Sri Lanka must have broken the morale of the New Zealand team. This defeat under the captaincy of Tim Southee is very painful for the team. Now the Kiwi team will play a three-match Test series against India from October 16.
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