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Mitchell Santner got Charith Asalanka in the first ODI and then dismissed Kamindu Mendis in a similar manner in the second ODI.
NZ vs SL: New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner ran out Charith Asalanka and Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka (AFP and Youtube)
Mitchell Santner exacted the perfect run out not once but twice in New Zealand’s one-day international series win over Sri Lanka.
The New Zealand skipper got Charith Asalanka in the first ODI at the Seddon Park in Hamilton and then again dismissed Kamindu Mendis in a similar manner in the second ODI at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians, who had bought the Kiwi international for his base price of INR 2 crore, took to Instagram to share a video of the two dismissals.
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As for the result of the matches, New Zealand took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Sri Lanka in the three-match series. New Zealand had won the first one-day international by nine wickets and then got a 113-run win in the second on Wednesday.
“Credit to the boys upfront. They picked wickets and were patient. All the four seamers did a good job, switching ends. It was pretty cold. You can be aggressive, and you can do a holding job. It was very pleasing as collective. It’s an important series for us, we want to put up a good show for the crowd. Hamilton is going to be a different challenge, the wicket is going to be different. It’s amazing to play in front of such crowd,” Mitchell Santner had said after the end of the first ODI.
“We opened up really well, lost wickets in the middle but seamers did their thing on a wicket that offered a little bit. Knew we had to bowl well at the start, credit to Theekshana and he bowled wide and made us hit to the bigger side and they stuck to their line and lengths for a long time and made it challenging for us. Usually it swings here under lights, but the bounce our bowlers got has proven to be challenging. Good game-time for the guys,” Mitchell Santner had said after the end of the second ODI.
New Zealand will be eyeing a series sweep in the third ODI in Auckland on Saturday.
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Wellington, New Zealand
