New Zealand won the T20 match against Sri Lanka by 8 runs.
Bracewell fireworks
The first T20 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was held at Bay Oval.
Batting first, New Zealand lost wickets in succession and were reduced to 65 for 5.
Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell then joined hands and showed fireworks. With this, the team's score went up to 172 runs at jet speed.
Daryl Mitchell scored 62 runs in 42 balls with 2 sixes and 4 fours. Michael Bracewell scored 59 runs in 33 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours. Hasaranga, Pinura Fernando and Deekshana took 2 wickets each.
Nissanka in action
Later, Sri Lanka's openers Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka threatened with action. With the play of the two, Sri Lanka reached 120 runs in the 14th over itself.
Kusal Mendis was out in the Duffy over after scoring 46 runs in 36 balls with a six and 6 fours.
Kusal Perera and Kamindu Mendis were out in the same over. After that, the batsmen who came in the field also got out in single figures.
Sri Lanka needed 14 runs to win in the last over. In the over bowled by Fox, Deekshana and Hasaranga were dismissed one after the other, and Sri Lanka scored only 5 runs.
With this, the New Zealand team won by a margin of 8 runs. Jacob Duffy took 3 wickets, while Henry and Foakes took 2 wickets each.
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