New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 45 runs in the second T20. The Kiwi team, who came to bat after losing the toss, scored 186 runs for 5 wickets. Player of the Match Mitchell Hay scored an unbeaten 41 off 19 balls at Mount Maunganui. In reply, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 141 runs in 19.1 overs on Monday. The team lost the last 5 wickets for 6 runs. Kusal Perera scored the highest 48 runs. Jacob Duffy from New Zealand took 4 wickets for 15 runs. The team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. 69-run partnership between Chapman and Robinson
New Zealand’s first wicket fell at 13 runs. Rachin Ravindra was bowled by Hasaranga at a score of 1. After this, Chapman and Robinson added 69 runs in 41 balls for the second wicket. Mark Chapman scored 42 runs in 29 balls and Tim Robinson scored 41 runs in 34 balls. Mitchell Hay played an innings at a strike rate of 200
Mitchell Hay, who came to bat after the fourth wicket, played an innings of 41 runs in 19 balls at a strike rate of 215.78. He also hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in the innings. Glenn Phillips scored 23 runs in 16 balls and Daryl Mitchell scored 18 runs in 15 balls. Jacob Duffy took 4 wickets
Chasing the target of 187, the Sri Lankan team lost the last 5 wickets in scoring 6 runs. Jacob Duffy was the key bowler for New Zealand, he dismissed opener Pathum Nissanka for 37 runs and Kusal Perera for 48 runs. Captain Charith Aslanka scored 20 runs in 16 balls. Duffy used a superb yorker to dismiss Perera in the 16th over when Sri Lanka were 127-4. He then dismissed Wanindu Hasaranga (1) and Maheesh Theekshana (0) in the space of three balls in the 18th over. Apart from Duffy, Matt Hennery and Mitchell Santner took two wickets each.
