Twitter reactions: Pathum Nissanka stars as Sri Lanka maul Australia to take 2-1 lead

On the back of Pathum Nissanka’s spectacular hundred, the home side Sri Lanka managed to beat Australia in the Player of the Match for his excellent knock against the Men in Yellow. The home side has now won two matches in a row in the ODI series and earned a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. They will now be backing themselves to win bag the series in the next match.

Meanwhile, Australia after winning the toss decided to have a bat first at a batting track in Colombo. David Warner’s poor form in the ODI series continued as he could only manage nine runs. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh was also dismissed for 10. Skipper Aaron Finch along with Marnus Labuschagne stitched a valuable partnership for the visitors. However, Labuschagne (29 runs) was scalped soon after Australia crossed the 100-run mark.

Skipper Finch departed just five runs after Labuschagne went. However, an excellent display of batting from Alex Carey (49 runs), Travis Head (70*), and Glenn Maxwell (33 runs) ensured that the visitors scored 291/6 in their allotted 50 overs. For Sri Lanka, Dushmantha Chameera (one), Dunith Wellalage (one), Jeffrey Vandersay (three), and Dhananjaya de Silva (one) were the wicket-takers.

Sri Lanka made a mockery of Australia total and chased down the target easily

In reply, Sri Lanka never looked in trouble. Openers Niroshan Dickwella (25) and Nissanka (137) gave a decent start to their team. After the fall of Dickwella, Kusal Mendis (87) and Nissanka commanded the game till Lanka reached near the 200-run landmark. However, Mendis got retired after facing some difficulties in batting. De Silva made a vital contribution of 25 runs in just 17 balls. However, he was scalped by Josh Hazlewood.

The remaining part of the chase was done by Charith Asalanka (13) and Nissanka , who walked back unbeaten at 137. For Australia, Hazlewood (one), Jhye Richardson (two), and Maxwell (one) were the successful bowlers as the mighty Australian side was blown away by Nissanka’s brilliance with the bat.

Meanwhile, let’s look at how Twitter reacted to Sri Lanka’s triumph:

Srilanka new talents can do anything what chase it was
Nissanka the real Hero
Aus vs Sri pic.twitter.com/UPEfWB4JD7

— Shahab Abbabaki (@SAbbabaki) June 19, 2022

That was one scintillating chase! What a knock by #pathum and @KusalMendis13 👏👏 two top knocks from two high class players! One more to seal the series 👊👊

— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) June 19, 2022

It gets better and better for @OfficialSLC They are expressing themselves at the right time for Sri Lanka #Slvaus This is the resilience Sri Lankans have been called upon to show time and time again .. Well done Guys .. you have made a Nation smile 😃😃 against all odds

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) June 19, 2022

Pathum Nissanka👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) June 19, 2022

Hundred @pathuwa18 #SLvAus 👏👏👏👏👏 Was an awesome innings .. what a chase .. now get over line 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/f178GBa5GR

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) June 19, 2022

SL vs. AUS 1st ODI: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in Kandy.
19-year-old Dunith Wellalage becomes the 204th player to represent Sri Lanka in ODIs.#lka #AUSvsSL pic.twitter.com/np4p42TFG5

— Prabodth Yatagama (@PrabodaYatagama) June 14, 2022

SL vs AUS 3rd ODI: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets & lead the 5 match series 2-1.
SL – 292/4 in 48.3 overs(Pathum Nissanka 137, Kusal Mendis 87-retired hurt, Dhananjaya De Silva 25, Niroshan Dickwella 25). Australia 291/6(50 overs)

— Yuwaraj Athukorala (@Yuwarajlk) June 19, 2022

Result
Australia vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI
Australia tour of Sri Lanka

AUS 291/6
SL 292/4
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Click here to view more @espncricinfo :https://t.co/HjG9ulWeD9

— Chief  (@SanjeewaKUK) June 19, 2022

One of the finest knocks ever by a Sri Lankan player in ODI, chasing 292 runs, 24-year-old Pathum Nissanka, who had an average of just 21.6 after playing 14 ODI then he scored 137 runs from 147 balls helped Sri Lanka to beat Australia by 6 wickets. Take a bow, Pathum Nissanka. pic.twitter.com/iKPjLBKGgO

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 19, 2022

Pathum Nissanka (137) and Kusal Mendis (87) led the charge as Sri Lanka beat Australia by 6 wickets!

Sri Lanka take a 2️⃣-1️⃣ series lead 💪#SLvAUS pic.twitter.com/RP4bDjrtTr

— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) June 19, 2022

Pathum Nissanka's 137 is the highest score for Sri Lanka against Australia in men's ODIs.

Previous highest was 122 by Sanath Jayasuriya in 2003.#SLvAUS

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) June 19, 2022