Sri Lanka vs West Indies: West Indies take lead with a 25-run win

Pallekele: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 25 runs here on Wednesday to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series. Tasked with chasing a target of 197, Sri Lanka folded for 171 with fast bowler Oshane Thomas taking five wickets and thus being declared player of the match. Sri Lanka lost five wickets in what was a disastrous first five overs of the chase. Three of these fell in the second over that was bowled by Thomas. Dismissing opener Avishka Fernando and Shehan Jayasuriya off the third and fourth ball, he missed out on a hat-trick but took the third off the last ball of the over in the form of Kusal Mendis.

Brief scores: West Indies 196/4 in 20 overs (Lendl Simmons 67, Andre Russell 35; Wanindu Hasaranga 1/33) vs Sri Lanka 171 in 19.1 overs (Kusal Perera 66, Wanindu Hasaranga 44; Oshane Thomas 5/28). IANS

Also Read: Angelo Mathews four-wicket haul helps SL beat West Indies in thriller

Also Watch: Ex-AAGSU president Prem Tamang joins BJP