A splendid innings from Kusal Mendis. He scored his 3rd 100 of his career and what stage to do it. He completed his hundred for just 65 balls with a heavy strike rate. His innings consist of 14 fours and 6 sixes with a strike rate of 158+. He did not give any respect to any of the Pakistani bowlers. He started brilliantly right from the word go. It was just one-way traffic for him, smash, smash and smash.
His innings were fluent and flawless. When he was batting it seemed that the pitch was doing nothing. He was hitting Pakistan bowlers everywhere. It was raining boundaries. There was no intent from the Pakistani bowlers. They got one wicket early on but after that, it was one-way traffic.
He scored 122 runs for 77 balls with the help of 14 fours and 6 maximums. The strike rate was phenomenal. He gave a great chance to rest of the players to go for the kill and they did so. Pakistan looked flat all day. They did not challenge Sri Lankan batters. Only Hasan bowled with intensity who got 3 wickets.
