New Delhi: Sri Lanka cricket team has made a clean sweep of New Zealand 2-0 in the home test series. Sri Lankan cricket team, after defeating the Kiwi team by 63 runs in the first test, won by an innings and 154 runs in the second test. With this, Sri Lanka has defeated New Zealand in the Test series for 15 years.
This performance of the Sri Lankan team has been showing amazing consistency for some time now. Ever since former Sri Lankan opener and veteran left-handed batsman Sanath Jayasuriya took charge of the coaching of his team, the team's performance has been excellent. During this period, Sri Lanka defeated India in the ODI series, then defeated England in the Test match on its own soil and now has won the Test series against New Zealand.
Kamindu Mendis has received the 'Player of the Match Award' in the latest match. He had scored a brilliant 182 runs in the first innings. Apart from this, left arm spin bowler Prabhat Jayasuriya has been given the 'Player of the Series' award.
Just as Sanath Jayasuriya had set new standards in the world of cricket during his batting, in the same way his coaching is marking the beginning of a new era of Sri Lankan cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket Board has extended Jayasuriya's contract for another year.
After the current win, Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the third position in the World Test Championship points table with 55.56 percent PCT. India is at number one in this table with 71.67 PCT. Australia's team is at number two with 62.50 PCT. India has played both the World Test Championship finals so far.
On the other hand, an unwanted record has also been added to the name of New Zealand. This team has not been able to win a Test series on foreign soil even once in the history of the World Test Championship. This is a surprising fact because New Zealand has won the first World Test Championship. When they won the inaugural edition of this championship by defeating India.
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