Sri Lanka Vs West Indies 3rd T20i 17 October 2024

3rd T20I • Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium • Dambulla

West Indies

162/8 (20)

Sri Lanka

166/1 (18)

SL won by 9 wickets

Info

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Scorecard

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Playing XI

Date & Time

17 Oct, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Match

3rd T20I,

Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

West Indies elected to bat

Pitch Report

Good, pleasant conditions out in the middle. It is a dry pitch. The grass on the pitch is present to hold the pitch together, with the cracks opening up. The hardness will allow the batters to hit boundaries early on. 145-150 is what Powell thinks is a good sore, should you get that batting first, it should be enough

1st Innings

179Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

151.01Avg SR

2nd Innings

149Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

134.66Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

3- 7

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sri Lanka

West Indies

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Brandon King

WI . BAT

63 Runs

1 Match

Charith Asalanka

SL . BAT

59 Runs

1 Match

Kamindu Mendis

SL . ALL

51 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Matheesha Pathirana

SL . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Romario Shepherd

WI . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Kamindu Mendis

SL . ALL

1 Wkt

1 Match

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Venue Details

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

1st Innings

179Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

151.01Avg SR

2nd Innings

149Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

134.66Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

25%Bat First Bowl First75%

Team Batting First

75%Wins Losses25%

Recent Matches on venue

1st T20I • Oct 13 • West Indies tour of Sri Lanka

SL 179/7 (20)

WI 180/5 (19.1)

WI won by 5 wickets

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

SL 206/6 (20)

AFG 209/5 (20)

AFG won by 3 runs

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

SL 187/6 (20)

AFG 115/10 (17)

SL won by 72 runs

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

SL 160/10 (19)

AFG 156/9 (20)

SL won by 4 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sri Lanka

West Indies

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

3- 7

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

144

Average Score

163

206/3

Highest Score

218/5

77/10

Lowest Score

116/2

2 4 0 2 2 2

Over 15

Runs: 12

4 0 0 0 0 2

Over 16

Runs: 6

1 4 0 3 4 1

Over 17

Runs: 13

2 4 1 1wd 0 1 4

Over 18

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Gudakesh Motie

1/31

Player of the Series Charith Asalanka

Commentary

As Asalanka gathers the winners' trophy and walks over to his teammates to celebrate and pose for photos, we wrap our coverage of the three-match T20I series between Sri Lanka and the West Indies. There's a three-match One Day International series coming up between these two sides - the first of which will be played this Sunday at Pallekele. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of that, and in the meantime, keep an eye on our page for a whole lot more! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Lavil Saldanha. Good night!

Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka captain: The top-order guys batted really well, that helped the team in winning the series. The team needed some momentum, they got it in the second game and kept it going. When they scored more than 160, was tough, but our top-order batted well. The plan of starting quickly was from the openers. I'm really happy, always good to win a series, I would like to thank every fan of Sri Lanka, thank you very much for supporting us.

Rovman Powell, West Indies captain: We had enough runs, if at the start of the game we said we'd have 160 on such a turning wicket we'd take it. Credit to the Sri Lankans. they played great throughout the series. If we'd controlled the powerplay better as a bowling unit we'd make a game of it. Getting 60-70 in the powerplay, it is tough to come back. Sri Lankan spinners completely outbowled our spinners, was a matter of who bowled better as a spin group. It's a lot of positives when you come to Sri Lanka and push them in unfamiliar conditions. Having said that, guys gave good effort, our fast bowlers gave good effort on these tracks. As a batting group, guys showed they can bat spin. Thanks to the people of Sri Lanka, they have been really good to us as a touring team. Not often you go to different places and have a good experience.

Pathum Nissanka is the Player of the Series. Here is what he has to say: He had a plan going in the powerplay and he and Kusal Mendis planned to take the spinners on. He said he had a very clear mind playing across formats (Translated from Sinhala)

Kusal Mendis is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: Happy with my innings, Pathum played well in the first six overs which allowed me to play my natural game. There was some turn and the pitch was a bit slow. West Indies had only three spinners so after them, the pacers were easy to tackle

Match summary:

Sri Lanka win by 9 wickets with 12 balls to spare

Kusal Mendis 68 (50) | Maheesh Theekshana 2/19 (3)
Rovman Powell 37 (26) | Gudakesh Motie 1/31 (4)

Pathum Nissanka set the tone for Sri Lanka - right from the word go at that. Fabian Allen was looking to turn the new ball square, Nissanka managed to find the boundary thrice in the first over itself, albeit in three different fashions. He seemed more comfortable dispatching Alzarri Joseph's short stuff the following over, taking 15 off it, and Kusal Mendis joined in on the fun soon after.

Sri Lanka had a total of 60 on the board within the first five overs itself. The West Indies were in desperate need of an opening and then some more - Motie provided them with the breakthrough, getting one to skid past Nissanka and crash onto the sticks. Kusal Mendis, then joined by Kusal Perera, proceeded to maneuver the chase rather deftly, finding the odd boundary every other over across the middle stages.

Roston Chase did a decent job in containing both Kusals in his four overs - he got the ball to turn considerably, and was a bigger threat with his straighter ones, particularly for the left-handed Perera. But the West Indies just weren't able to break through any further - the boundaries kept coming - particularly off pace as Kusal Perera got in on the act, and soon enough, Sri Lanka needed their runs at about a run-a-ball.

It was a matter of formality going into the last five overs. Mendis, Perera both got their half-centuries, stitched up a 100-run partnership for the second wicket, and the game was done and dusted with two overs to spare. Presentations to follow....

10:11 P.M. Local Time and IST: As comprehensive as they get! Clinical, simply clinical from Sri Lanka - this pair of Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera hardly gave the West Indies a sniff of a comeback. Dambulla is up on its feet - they sure were dished out a treat tonight!

overs

166 /1 score

1wd

runs

Kusal Perera *

55 (36)

Kusal Mendis

68 (50)

Alzarri Joseph

0 /38

17.6 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Perera, FOUR! SRI LANKA WIN THE MATCH AND SERIES! Back of a length delivery on the leg stump, Perera gets onto his backfoot and pulls it away towards deep backward square leg for a boundary to end the game and seal the series. Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 9 wickets and win the series 2-1

17.5 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Mendis, low full toss on the line outside the off stump. Mendis knocks it down the ground for a single. Scores are level!

17.4 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Mendis, length delivery outside the off stump. Mendis is beaten for his off stump. No run

17.4 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Mendis, full and wide down the legside. Joseph errs with his line and concedes a wide

Fifty for Perera, a hundred-run stand for the second wicket - this has been nothing short of dominance from the hosts.

17.3 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Perera, full and on the leg stump. Clipped towards midwicket for a single

17.2 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Perera, FOUR! 50 FOR KUSAL PERERA! Full and on the pads, Perera flicks that one off his boot and sends it racing away to the fine leg fence for a boundary

17.1 Alzarri Joseph to Kusal Perera, full toss outside the off stump. Perera hits it towards deep midwicket for a brace

Alzarri Joseph (2-0-25-0) is back into the attack

Right - 10 needed off the last three. Might end within these next six deliveries, you'd think....

overs

153 /1 score