Akila Dananjaya had a day to remember and a day to forget in a place too
West Indies 134 for 6 (Pollard 38, Hasaranga 3-12, Dananjaya 3-62) beat Sri Lanka 131 for 9 (Nissanka 39) with four wikis
In one of the most rusty T20 runs you’ll see, Kieron Pollard became just the third player to beat six in an international cricket off the same bowler, Akila Dananjaya, who had beaten West Indies just a little earlier. the hat-trick.
It felt like it was either six or wickets for most West Indies innings as the opening stand of 52 came in at 3.2 to 52 for 3 when Evin Lewis fell Chris Gayle ( when he returned) and Nicholas Pooran in three balls to Dananjaya. Eight members later left Lendl Simmons, heading to the impressive Wanindu Hasaranga, before Pollard responded overwhelmingly.
Going against the next from Dananjaya he joined Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh with a 36-run away with some of the scenes almost going out of the small ground. The West Indies Powerplay score of 98 was also a new record and the wild ride continued when Pollard was also taken to Hasaranga before Jason Holder was brought to a calm decision.
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