WI vs SL: Kieron Pollard celebrated a wicket during the ongoing ODI series.© AFP
After taking an unbeatable lead in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard dedicated the victory in the second ODI to his late uncle, who died on the morning of the game. Evin Lewis and Shai Hope scored 103 and 84 respectively as the West Indies beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. He said, “At the end of the day, we get a win. Evin scored a century. We asked in the dressing room. Hopefully there will be runs again and it is good to see Puran finishing the game. It will be the team’s total today. The performance was there. Our best chance of winning the game was following, “said Pollard after the game.
He added, “In T20 we did not do well. Watching the boys stick to their rules and responsibilities. Congratulations to the bowlers as well. They bowled well.”
Jason Mohammed took three wickets today, Joseph took one or two wickets and other bowlers also performed well. You can’t make a perfect game. This is a situation to understand. To fix this. Each game is very important, we are going to come and see if we can win 3–0. Today has been one of the toughest days of cricket for me as a person. The person who is playing cricket for me. , Uncle Steven died this morning. I dedicate the victory of this series to you, ”he said.
Chasing 274, the Windies got off to a great start as the opener and Lewis and Hope scored 192 for the first wicket and both ended the match with this start and the Sri Lankan bowlers had no answer to their attack. Was.
Sri Lanka managed to take five wickets, but in the end, Nicholas Pooran (35) and Jason Holder (2) defeated the hosts by five wickets with two balls to spare.
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Earlier, Danushka Gunathilaka scored 96 runs, while Sri Lanka scored a total of 273/8 in the prescribed fifty overs. Sri Lanka added 51 more runs in the final five overs. For the West Indies, Jason Mohammed bounced back with three wickets.
The West Indies and Sri Lanka will now play the Horns in the third and final ODI on Sunday.
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