West Indies has completely lost their way in this match and will most probably lose this match. Sri Lanka scored 162 runs at Dambulla today and i thought they will lose this match because last time Sri Lanka made over 170 runs and West Indies chased that too. Today the West Indies batting did not click and they are struggling at 40/7. I know most of us won't believe this score but this is what it is.
Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka are among the wicket takers and they took 5 wickets between them and did not let the West Indies team to settle in. West Indies Openers Brandon King and Evin Lewis failed and then the whole team collapsed.
Has the pitch been changed? I don't know exactly. But I think the pitch has been changed. And Sri Lanka have taken the home advantage well. And that's why in today's match Sri Lanka batted very cautiously from the beginning of the innings. Because they knew that even if they didn't give a big target on this pitch, they had a big chance of winning. So the Sri Lankan players batted very carefully. This is just my guess.
Sri Lanka collected 77 runs from their opening pair. The batting of the top order batsmen was quite decent. Sri Lanka collected 162 runs in 20 overs losing 5 wickets. It was not a big target. And many like me might have thought that West Indies will win this match very easily. But the scenario of the match is completely different.
The West Indies team lost 7 wickets to collect only 40 runs. And after losing wickets so quickly, West Indies had no chance of winning. Dunith Wellalage bowled well. He picked up three wickets by conceding 9 runs in 4 overs.