New Delhi: New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 113 runs in the second ODI. In reply to the target of 256 runs set by the Kiwi team, the entire Sri Lankan team was all out after scoring just 142 runs. Kamindu Mendis played the highest innings of 64 runs for the team. Six Sri Lankan batsmen could not even cross the score of 10. Along with bowling, New Zealand’s fielding was also excellent. Nathan Smith from the team took such a catch in the 29th over of the innings, which is being praised everywhere. Smith jumped in the air like a superman in the middle of the field and took a brilliant catch while diving.
Nathan Smith took a brilliant catch:
In fact, Sri Lanka had lost 8 wickets at a score of 131. The team’s hopes of victory were over with the dismissal of Mendis. However, despite this, the team’s batsmen were constantly trying to play big shots. On the last ball of the 29th over of the innings, Sri Lankan batsman Ishan Malinga hit William O’Rourke’s ball hard, but he mistimed the ball.
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What a great catch.
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— CRICKET DA KEEDA (@Gurlabh91001251) January 8, 2025
Looking at the shot, it seemed that the ball would easily cross the boundary line. However, Nathan Smith, who was fielding on the boundary line, ran quickly towards the ball and took a surprising catch by diving in the air like Superman. The commentators were also completely surprised to see Smith’s fielding effort.
Batting order scattered like a pack of cards:
While chasing the target of 256 runs, Sri Lanka’s batting order collapsed like a pack of cards. The team had a very bad start and the visiting team lost four wickets for just 22 runs. After this, Janith Liyanage shared a half-century partnership with Kamindu Mendis for the fifth wicket. However, Liyanage got out after scoring 22 runs. After this, Sri Lanka’s entire batting order collapsed like a pack of cards and the entire team was all out for 142 runs. In bowling, William O’Rourke took three wickets for 31 runs in 6.2 overs. Jacob Duffy took two wickets.
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