- Sri Lanka’s explosive batsman Kusal Perera has started the new year with a bang. This dashing batsman played a fiery innings against New Zealand and broke a 14-year-old record.
Kusal Perera: The T20 series is being played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka (NZ vs SL). In the third T20I, Sri Lanka’s explosive batsman Kusal Perera lashed out at the Kiwi bowlers. He has scored a stormy century while thrashing the New Zealand bowlers. In the last T20I match, Kusal Perera batted at a fast strike rate of 219. With this century, Kusal Perera has also broken a 14-year-old record. He has made a special record in his name on behalf of the Sri Lankan team.
first century of his career
When Kusal Perera came to bat at number three, Sri Lanka lost their first wicket at 24 runs. But Kusal Perera continued to play his natural game and started putting pressure on the New Zealand bowlers from the very first ball. Although initially, this top-order batsman did not get support from any other player, captain Charith Aslanka took charge of the team and stopped the fall of wickets from one end. After this, both the batsmen batted aggressively.
Kusal Perera completed his half-century in just 27 balls. After this, he started scoring runs more rapidly, and soon he completed his century in just 44 balls. Perera completed his next fifty runs in just 17 balls. This dashing Sri Lankan batsman hit 13 fours and 6 sixes in his century. This was his first international T20I century.
broke 14-year-old record
Kusal Perera, who gave a tough time to New Zealand bowlers, broke a 14-year-old record in the first century of his career. He has become the fastest batsman to score a century in T20I for Sri Lanka. Before him, this achievement was in the name of former Sri Lankan captain and opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored a century in 55 balls in 2011. Kusal Perera scored a century 11 balls before Dilshan.
In this match, captain Charith Aslanka also performed brilliantly and played a captaincy innings. Aslanka scored 46 runs in just 24 balls and took his team to a score of 218 in the stipulated 20 overs. Chasing the target of 219 runs, the Kiwi team could only reach 211 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 7 runs. Kusal Perera was adjudged the Player of the Match for his brilliant batting. However, New Zealand won the 3-match series 2-1
