Sri Lanka Vs West Indies 1st T20i 13 October 2024

1st T20I • Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium • Dambulla

Sri Lanka

179/7 (20)

West Indies

180/5 (19.1)

WI won by 5 wickets

Info

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Playing XI

Date & Time

13 Oct, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Match

1st T20I,

Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

West Indies elected to bowl

Pitch Report

A lot of dry grass on the surface. The conditions at the Dambulla have been conducive to the batters with 186 being the average score. As a team, if you win the toss, you should bat first says

1st Innings

185Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

157.06Avg SR

2nd Innings

159Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

139.47Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sri Lanka

West Indies

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Venue Details

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

A lot of dry grass on the surface. The conditions at the Dambulla have been conducive to the batters with 186 being the average score. As a team, if you win the toss, you should bat first says

1st Innings

185Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

157.06Avg SR

2nd Innings

159Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

139.47Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

33%Bat First Bowl First67%

Team Batting First

100%Wins Losses0%

Recent Matches on venue

3rd T20I • Feb 21 • Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka

SL 206/6 (20)

AFG 209/5 (20)

AFG won by 3 runs

vs live score

2nd T20I • Feb 19 • Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka

SL 187/6 (20)

AFG 115/10 (17)

SL won by 72 runs

vs live score

1st T20I • Feb 17 • Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka

SL 160/10 (19)

AFG 156/9 (20)

SL won by 4 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sri Lanka

West Indies

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

147

Average Score

159

206/3

Highest Score

218/5

77/10

Lowest Score

116/2

W 0 0 0 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 2

2 1wd 1 0 1 W 0

Over 18

Runs: 5

2 2 2 1 1 1

Over 19

Runs: 9

Over 20

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Brandon King

63(33)

Player of the Series Charith Asalanka

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Lavil Saldanha. Do stay tuned to our coverage with a lot more games lined up tomorrow as well. Until next, it is a warm good-bye from us.

Rovman Powell (West Indies captain): It is always important to take an early lead when you come to Sri Lanka. The toss will always be vital. (Playing an attacking brand of cricket with youngsters in the squad) Definitely, we have the belief that individual performances win T20 games. I am trying to spread that belief in the team. (The aggressive opening partnership) It was spontaneous. Both of them played their natural game. If you are a power hitter, you hit sixes. If you anchor, you rotate the strike

Charith Asalanka (captain, Sri Lanka): It was more about good shots from their batters than bad bowling so credit to them for that. I am planning to start with Pathirana in the next couple of games and experimenting a few things. The plus is that we are playing good cricket, we have to do well and start bowling well in the powerplay.

Brandon King (Player of the Match) My role is to get the team off to a good start. (Recovering from injury) It is more mental than anything at this point. (Reason for the aggressive opening stand-Target or conditions) A bit of both. The pitch was good and chasing a score like 180, you need a good start. Our role as openers was clear.

MATCH OVER!

West Indies won by five wickets!

Sri Lanka 179/7 (20)
West Indies 180/5 (19.1)

Brandon King 63 (33) | Evin Lewis 50 (28)
Matheesha Pathirana 3.1-0-27-2 | Kamindu Mendis 2-0-14-1

So, a rather close win in the end for the West Indies as they register a five-wicket victory. Chasing 180 for victory, the opening duo of Brandon King and Evin Lewis smacked the Sri Lankan attack to all parts of Dambulla. The West Indies went onto complete the Powerplay with a score at 74-0. The duo continued to pulverize the bowlers and got to their respective fifties. Sri Lanka looked out of ideas but they eventually broke the 107-run partnership in the 10th over as Matheesha Pathirana deceived Lewis with a superb slower delivery. The batting side started to collapse after that as Wanindu Hasaranga took a simple return catch off Shai Hope while Kamindu Mendis forced a miscued shot off King.

From there, the pair of Roston Chase and captain Rovman Powell decided to rotate the strike for a while. However, Rovman never got going and ended up holing out to long-on off Maheesh Theekshana’s bowling in the 17th over. In the next over, Pathirana had Chase caught behind as he gave Sri Lanka a small chance. The visitors managed to take nine runs off the penultimate over as they required four off the final six balls. Sherfane Rutherford ended up scoring a boundary off the very first ball as he helped the team seal the game with five balls to spare.

19.1 Matheesha Pathirana to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! WEST INDIES WIN! Slower one on the leg stump, Rutherford hits that one high and handsome over the man at extra cover inside the circle and it goes one bounce and over the fence for a boundary

Nine runs off the over. So, the West Indies need four runs off the final over which will obviously be bowled by Matheesha Pathirana. The task has become harder for Sri Lanka as the over-rate penalty has been applied. one extra fielder has to be up in the ring.

overs

176 /5 score

runs

Sherfane Rutherford *

10 (11)

Romario Shepherd

1 (2)

Asitha Fernando

0 /37

18.6 Asitha Fernando to Sherfane Rutherford, full and on the middle and leg stump. Rutherford pushes it down the ground for a single to end the over. Four needed off the last six balls!

18.5 Asitha Fernando to Romario Shepherd, full toss on the pads. Shepherd whips that one towards deep midwicket and picks up a single.

18.4 Asitha Fernando to Sherfane Rutherford, full from Asitha. Rutherford hits it towards deep square leg for a single

18.3 Asitha Fernando to Sherfane Rutherford, full toss on the middle and off stump. Rutherford hits that one down the ground and runs hard between the wickets for a brace. An exhibition of running between the wicket here from Rutherford and Shepherd

18.2 Asitha Fernando to Sherfane Rutherford, yorker on the leg stump. Rutherford tucks it towards deep midwicket and picks up another brace. Good running between the wickets

18.1 Asitha Fernando to Sherfane Rutherford, full and outside the off stump. Rutherford throws his bat to that one but Kamindu dives and saves a couple of runs for his side

Asitha Fernando [3-0-28-0] is back into the attack

World-class bowling from Matheesha Pathirana. Just five runs and a wicket off the 18th over. West Indies need 13 off 12 balls. Who will bowl the penultimate over?

overs

167 /5 score

1wd

runs

Romario Shepherd *

0 (1)

Sherfane Rutherford

2 (6)

Matheesha Pathirana

2 /23

17.6 Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, full and on the off stump. Shepherd looked to push it down the ground but gets an inside edge onto his pads. No run

Romario Shepherd, RHB, is into the middle

Edged and taken. Matheesha Pathirana, the death overs specialist is keeping Sri Lanka in the hunt. Roston Chase will be gutted to not see the chase off!

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