NZ vs SL: 7 wickets fell for 14 runs, Sri Lanka surrendered against New Zealand in the second T20

New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka in the second T20 match in a one-sided manner. The Kiwi team won this match by 45 runs and with this they gained an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. In this match played at Bay Oval, at one time Sri Lanka's team was in the match, they could have won it too but suddenly the batting of this team went completely off track. New Zealand's bowlers performed brilliantly and took 7 wickets of Sri Lanka for just 14 runs. As a result, Sri Lanka lost the match badly.

Sri Lanka's innings collapse

Sri Lanka's team had scored 127 runs for 3 wickets in 15 overs. They had wickets in hand and had to score 60 runs in the last five overs which was not a difficult task but something happened in the 16th over which is hard to believe. Fast bowler Jacob Dabhi bowled Kusal Perera on a superb delivery. Perera was playing on 48 runs and he was timing the ball well. After his dismissal, Sri Lanka's innings collapsed like a house of cards.

Charit Asalanka was out in the 17th over. Wanindu Hasaranga's wicket fell in the 18th over. Mahesh Theekshana was also dismissed in the same over. Sri Lanka lost two wickets in the 19th over and finally New Zealand won the match as soon as Binura Fernando's wicket fell. Jacob Duffy's performance was amazing in New Zealand's victory, he took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. Captain Mitchell Santner took 2 wickets for just 22 runs. Matt Henry also got 2 wickets.

New Zealand batting

Before this, New Zealand's batting was also mixed. Rachin Ravindra was out after scoring just one run. After this, Mark Chapman and Tim Robinson made an excellent half-century partnership. Robinson scored 41 and Chapman scored 42 runs. In the end, wicketkeeper Mitchell Hay scored an unbeaten 41 runs in 19 balls to take the team's score to a big score of 186 runs.