What happened to New Zealand, Sri Lanka was in bad shape, the whole team collapsed for just this many runs

A two-match Test series is being played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The second and last match of the Test series is being played at the Galle Stadium. An amazing performance has been seen from Sri Lanka in this match. The Sri Lankan team scored 602 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the innings of this match and declared the innings. But in response to this, New Zealand's condition has become so bad that it has had to face follow-up.

In the Galle Test match, New Zealand's team collapsed for just 88 runs in the first innings and Sri Lanka gained a lead of 514 runs on the basis of the first innings. Due to this New Zealand was forced to play follow-on. The entire New Zealand team looked flop in front of spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya. New Zealand started their innings on the third day with a score of 22/2. But they could not stay on the field for long. Prabhat Jayasuriya was the most successful bowler of this inning. Prabhat Jayasuriya took 6 wickets for 22 runs in 18 overs. Jayasuriya achieved the feat of taking five or more wickets in an innings for the ninth time in his career.

Apart from Prabhat Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris took three wickets and Asitha Fernando took one wicket and gave the team a lead of 514 runs. This is the fifth biggest lead achieved on the basis of the first innings in the history of Test cricket. At the same time, this is the second-biggest lead against New Zealand. Earlier, Pakistan had achieved a lead of 570 runs against New Zealand in the year 2002.

No batsman from New Zealand could reach the 30-run mark in this innings. Only 3 batsmen could reach double figures. Mitchell Santner played the highest innings of 29 runs. Daryl Mitchell scored 13 runs. Rachin Ravindra could also score only 10 runs. All the other players could not even reach 10 runs. In such a situation, New Zealand is now in danger of losing the match by innings.