Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva lost his wicket in a strange way on the second day of the first test match that was played in Galle between Sri Lanka and the West Indies. He was defending a ball with his back foot, but the ball hit the bat and went into the air just above the stump. He immediately tried to hit the ball twice with the bat so that the ball did not land on the stump. He managed to keep the ball from landing on the stumps, but the bat sat on the stumps.
On the 95th of Sri Lanka’s innings, de Silva was beaten by Shannon Gabriel. Dhananjay de Silva (61) was in good rhythm. He had a 111-run association with Karunaratne for the fourth wicket. But after this coup, he had to go to the pavilion. This mistake of his was very heavy for the entire Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka’s lower order couldn’t do much as soon as it was fired and the team was out for 386 runs.
By the final 94th of Sri Lanka’s innings, the Sri Lankan team had scored 281 runs. The team had lost only 3 wickets. West Indies bowler Shannon Gabriel was shooting 95th. He threw his fourth ball on the stump. De Silva played this ball with light hands and the ball, taking the edge of the bat, bounced and began to land on the stump.
Dhananjay turned around and swung the bat to prevent the ball from hitting the stumps, but the ball caught the edge of the bat and leapt into the air. De Silva swung the bat again, but this time the bat hit the stump and shot out.
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– Lanka Dinakar (@lankadinakar) November 22, 2021
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