Sports News | With a Ton Each, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama Achieve Rare Feat Against Pakistan in World Cup
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Sri Lanka's batting set up with their explosive 344 in the first innings against Pakistan broke a couple of records and marked their best performance in the World Cup against the Men in Green on Tuesday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka's batting set up with their explosive 344 in the first innings against Pakistan broke a couple of records and marked their best performance in the World Cup against the Men in Green on Tuesday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Pakistan's bowling line-up has been their biggest asset in major tournaments and has been a crucial component in the success that they have achieved.
A single opposition scoring a century against Pakistan is a sight that can be witnessed easily, but two batters scoring a century against Pakistan in a World Cup match is a rare sight to see.
Before this World Cup, England with Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103), in 2019 became the first team to have two players to score a century against Pakistan in the World Cup.
Sri Lanka have now joined the list after Kusal Mendis (122) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (108) struck a century each against Pakistan and powered The Lions to a massive total of 344/9.
This is also the highest total against Pakistan in the World Cup as they bested the previous record held by India of 336-5.
Mendis and Samarawickrama's record-shattering knocks posed various kinds of trouble to the Pakistan bowlers.
Both batters combined to stitch up a 211-run partnership after Pathum Nissanka laid the foundation for a high-scoring game with his 51 off 61 balls. (ANI)
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