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Dasun Shanaka was formally appointed because the T20I captain of the Sri Lankan team but Angelo Mathews needed to be named because the stand-in captain as Shanka didn’t depart for the tour with the remainder of the staff as a result of visa issues. The final time the Windies vs Sri Lanka Test fixture occurred was in 2018. The final T20I series was also on the same tour by West Indies and the guests won 2-zero. For both groups, although, with the 2021 T20 World Cup edging nearer, the series will serve as a lot for building confidence as it’s going to for working out their finest mixtures.
Kieron Pollard hit six sixes in a single over, off the bowling of Akila Dananjaya, changing into the second cricketer to attain this in T20Is. Akila Dananjaya had a day to recollect and a day to neglect in the house of an over. After choosing up 1 for thirteen in 4 overs, he smashed 21 not out off six balls to seal the game.
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Ahead of the third ODI, Anderson Phillip was added to the West Indies’ squad. Wanindu Hasaranga was undoubtedly the breakout star of the Lanka Premier League on the tail end of final year. While his effectiveness in the recently concluded Test collection towards England and South Africa confirmed his shortcomings in the longest format, his impression within the shorter variants can’t be understated. He topped the wicket charts with 17 at 1.29, whereas conceding lower than a run a ball, and scored his 127 runs at a strike price of one hundred sixty.75. With his legspin and his hitting down the order, he has positioned himself as a real match-winner. The final time Sri Lanka visited was for a 3-match Test series, which ended with either side sharing the spoils.