Good day, guys! Today, we’ll look at Sri Lanka’s top 11 best T20I bowling figures. Almost all of these bowling performances aided Sri Lanka to win the match.
11. Kaushalya Weeraratne’s 19/4
Opponent – Pakistan
Year – 2008
Ground – King City (NW)
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9. Dushmantha Chameera’s 17/4
Opponent – England
Year – 2021
Ground – Southampton
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7. Ajantha Mendis 12/4
Opponent – West Indies
Year – 2012
Ground – Colombo RPS
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6. Wanidu Hasaranga’s 9/4
Opponent – India
Year – 2021
Ground – Colombo RPS
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Wanidu bowled this brilliant spell on his birthday to win the game for Sri Lanka and seal the series. Wanidu was also adjudged man of the match and the man of the series. Watch the video and relive the moments.
5. Lasith Malinga’s 31/5
Opponent – England
Year – 2015
Ground – Pallekele
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4. Lasith Malinga’s 6/5
Opponent – New Zealand
Year – 2019
Ground – Pallekele
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This also was a special performance. Mali was able to get 4 wickets in 4 deliveries and came on his the next over to take pick up his fifth. You can watch the video in here.
3. Rangana Herath’s 3/5
Opponent – New Zealand
Year – 2014
Ground – Chattogram
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This was an amazing performance from Herath under pressure. This was a game from 2014 T20I World Cup. Sri Lanka only scored 119 runs batting first. It was a knockout stage of the tournament and Sri Lanka would not have gone on to win the tournament if Herath wasn’t able to perform this miracle.
2. Ajantha Mendis’s 16/6
Opponent – Australia
Year – 2011
Ground – Pallekele
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This was one of the very first matches Aussies got the face Mendis’s mystery spin. Aussies were absolutely clueless to say the least and Mendis went on to win the man of the match award.
1. Ajantha Mendis’s 8/6
Opponent – Zimbabwe
Year – 2012
Ground – Hambanthota
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