The first Twenty20 International of a five-match series between Australia and Sri Lanka has begun. In the first match, Australia scored 149/9 and set a target of 150 in front of Sri Lanka to begin the series with a win over the current World T20 champions.
The only batsmen who managed to score runs for the Australian team were Ben McDermott and Marcus Stoinis. While opening, McDermott controlled the innings with a 41-ball-53, then Marcus Stoinis hit an exciting 30-run knock. In this inning, Stoinis hit two sixes, one of which went for 100 meters.
Stoinis hit this six against Dushmantha Chameera in the 17th over, and it shot straight as an arrow. Cricket Australia has released a video of the event on its Twitter account, which has received a lot of likes and shares from cricket fans.
In the first innings, Australia was reduced to 149/9, according to the match report. Wanindu Hasaranga, a Sri Lankan, was the hero once again for his country, taking 3 key wickets - captain Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, and Steven Smith - for just 38 runs in his limit of four overs.