Sri Lanka won the first match of the ODI series against Zimbabwe, although Sri Lanka won this match very fortunately. However, the Zimbabwe team had a lot of chances to win this match, but their luck may not have been on their side, they had to lose by 7 runs. Originally, there was a target of 298 runs in this match, where the team was under pressure after the opening batsman of the Zimbabwe team, Brian Bennett, was out early and he left the field for zero runs. Moreover, Brendan Taylor, who came later, could not bat well and he also left the field for zero runs. Due to the poor batting performance of these two opening batsmen, the Zimbabwe team had to lose today's match. If the two could have scored a few runs in the opening, then today's match against Sri Lanka could have left the field with a great victory for the Zimbabwe team, but unfortunately, the Sri Lanka team won.
Odi series was started today between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe teams and this series consists 2 games and out of 2, 1 st game was ended. This game was held on Harare Sports Club and in start of game, Zimbabwe team won toss and they elected fielding first and gave batting line to Sri Lanka team. Sri Lanka team batted so well and they set 298 runs target in 50 overs by losing 6 wickets. Pathum effort in opening of batting line and he made 76 runs in 92 balls and gitted twelve 4s. Kamindu and Janith showed good help in end of line and Kamindu scored 57 runs and Janith made 70 runs. Zimbabwe team did not chase all runs and lost game by close margin 7 runs only. Dishan got player of game award because his bowling struggle was good and he took down 4 wickets.