Sri Lanka Won the Test Series against New Zealand by 2-0: A two-match Test series was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The Sri Lankan team won the second match of this series and clean swept New Zealand. They won this series 2-0. Sri Lanka won this match by an innings and 154 runs.

Talking about the match after winning the toss, Sri Lanka decided to bat first. After this, they declared the innings at 602 runs after losing 5 wickets in 163.4 overs. After this, the Sri Lankan bowlers did wonders and bowled out New Zealand for just 88 runs.

Sri Lanka gave follow-on to New Zealand with a lead of 514 runs and again the Kiwi team came to the field to bat. Where they were all out for 360 runs and Sri Lanka won this match by an innings and 154 runs. With this win, the Sri Lankan team has further strengthened its position in the points table of the World Test Championship.

Player of the Match: Kamindu Mendis, whose unbeaten 182 powered Sri Lanka to a massive total in the first innings, was adjudged player of the match.

Player of the Series: Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya bagged the player of the series award for finishing the series with 18 wickets.

Sri Lanka's Position on WTC Table
After the current victory, Sri Lanka Cricket team has reached the third position in the World Test Championship points table with 55.56 percent PCT. India is number one in this table with 71.67 PCT. Australia's team is number two with 62.50 PCT. India has played both the World Test Championship finals so far.

Unwanted Records for New Zealand
Let us tell you that with this defeat, the Kiwi team has registered an unwanted record in the history of the World Test Championship. In fact, in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC History), New Zealand is the only team that has not won any Test match on foreign soil. The WTC was launched in August 2019. Since then, the Kiwi team has not been able to win a single Test match on foreign soil in the WTC.

With this victory, Sri Lanka has now won three consecutive test matches and bolstered its hopes of qualifying for the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord’s next June.

WTC Matches Schedule For October 2024
• October 7-11: Pakistan vs England 1st Test - Multan

• October 15-19: Pakistan vs England 2nd Test - Multan

• October 16-20: India vs New Zealand 1st Test - Bengaluru

• October 24-28: Pakistan vs England 3rd Test - Rawalpindi

• October 24-28: India vs New Zealand 2nd Test - Pune.