The Sri Lankan team played well in the first match but lost the match to Maxwell, the finishing genius. Despite losing 300 runs, they beat Australia by 216 runs yesterday.
The balls in the pitch became large spins. Spinner Tananjaya D’Silva, David Warner (37) and Aaron Pinch (14) were the first to take wickets. Travis Head (23) and Marnus Lapushen (18) then came out on top.
But even in this slow pitch, Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Sameera took 2 wickets for 19 runs. Samika Karunaratne took 7 overs for 47 runs, but she took 3 wickets including the risk of Glenn Maxwell (30).
Kusal Mendis top-scored for Sri Lanka with 36, while Tananjaya and Shanaka scored 34 respectively. Glenn Maxwell and debutant left-arm spinner Matthew Cooneyman took two wickets apiece as Pat Cummins took four wickets for 35 runs.
The balls went well for Mahesh Deeksana, who made his debut at CSK. Warner was the top scorer in the match with 37, with Steve Smith contributing 28 off 35 balls, but was caught by Karunaratne off a short pitch off the short pine.
Glenn Maxwell was bowled out for 170/5 by Glenn Maxwell, who lost five wickets for 19 runs in 2.5 overs and was bowled out for 189 in 37.1 overs. Man of the match Samika Karunaratne.
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