Hasaranga took 7 wickets for 19 runs: Zimbabwe all out for 96

Hasaranga took 7 wickets for 19 runs

Zimbabwe all out for 96, Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the third ODI. Leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who was returning from Sri Lanka after injury, took 7 wickets for just 19 runs. Zimbabwe was all out after scoring 96 runs in Colombo. Sri Lanka achieved the target by losing only 2 wickets in 16.4 overs.

With the win in the third ODI, Sri Lanka also won the 3 ODI series 2-0. One match was inconclusive due to rain.

The match was played in 27-27 overs due to rain

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first at the R Premadasa Stadium. The team had batted only 2 overs when it started raining. It rained very late, due to which the overs were cut and the 50-50 match was reduced to 27-27 overs.

Zimbabwe disintegrates after a good start

Zimbabwe got off to a good start after their comeback. The team's openers had scored 43 runs without loss in 8 overs. But in the 9th over, leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga came to bowl. Sri Lanka dominated as soon as he arrived, he gave the team its first success on the score of 43 runs.

Hasaranga did not stop here, he took 3 more wickets in the next 2 overs. Zimbabwe's score went from 43/0 to 48/4.

Even Raza-Barl could not last long

After losing the first 4 wickets early, Sikandar Raza took charge of the team along with Ryan Burl. But in the 16th over, Burl was bowled by Janith Liyanage, he could score only 9 runs. On the next ball, Raza also became the victim of Mahish Teekshana, he scored 10 runs. The team lost 7 wickets at a score of 67.

Luke Jongwe (14 runs) and Wellington Masakadja (11 runs) took the team beyond 90 runs. Fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka broke the partnership of both by dismissing Jongwe.

Hasaranga also sent the last 2 batsmen to the pavilion and the team was all out for 96 runs in 22.5 overs. Hasaranga got 7 wickets. Whereas Madushanka, Teekshana and Liyanage got 1 success each.

Sri Lanka lost a wicket in the first over

The Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the target of 97 runs, also had a bad start. Opener Avishka Fernando was out in the very first over, he could not even open the account. From here Shevon Daniel supported captain Kusal Mendis, both of them made a partnership of 73 runs. Daniel was out after scoring 12 runs in 28 balls.

Mendis lasted till the end. He played an innings of 66 runs on 51 balls. Along with Mendis, Sadira Samarawickrama scored 14 runs on 17 balls and led the team to victory. Sri Lanka scored 97 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 16.4 overs. Richard Ngarawa and Welingan Masakadza from Zimbabwe got 1 wicket each. Vanindu Hasaranga, who took 7 wickets in the third ODI, was adjudged Player of the Match. Hasaranga was playing ODI for the first time after being injured in July last year. In the very first match after his return, he took 7 wickets and showed his importance to the team.

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