The first match of the 2-match Test series being played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is being played at the Galle ground, in which after taking a break for the fourth day after three days, the fourth day’s play took place on 22 September, by the end of which the match had reached a very exciting turn. The host Sri Lankan team was all out after scoring 309 runs in its second innings in this match, due to which the Kiwi team got a target of 275 runs to win in the fourth innings. At the end of the day’s play, while the New Zealand team had scored 207 runs, the Sri Lankan team also managed to take 8 wickets. In such a situation, now the fifth day of the match is going to be very exciting, in which the Kiwi team will be eyeing to score 68 more runs, while Sri Lanka will want to get 2 wickets as soon as possible.
Kiwi team has expectations from Rachin Ravindra
New Zealand team now hopes to win this Test match from Rachin Ravindra, who was unbeaten on 91 runs at the end of the fourth day’s play, with Ajaz Patel batting with him. On the other hand, except Rachin, the top order batsmen from New Zealand disappointed with their performance in this innings. While Kane Williamson returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs, Tom Blundell managed to score 30 and Tom Latham 28 runs. Apart from this, Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell could not even cross the double-digit mark. On the fourth day’s play, while Prabhat Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis had taken 3-3 wickets in bowling for Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando and Dhananjaya de Silva also managed to take 1-1 wickets.
Dhananjaya and Mathews played important innings
If we talk about the second innings of the Sri Lankan team in the Galle Test match, the innings of Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva played an important role in taking the score of the Sri Lankan team to 309 runs. While Mathews managed to score 50 runs, de Silva played an innings of 40 runs. Apart from this, Kusal Mendis also managed to score 23 runs. For the Kiwi team, Ajaz Patel’s amazing performance with the ball was seen in this innings, who took 6 wickets while giving 90 runs in 30 overs of bowling.
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