In the second Test match played in Galle, Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs. With this, Sri Lanka won this two-match test series by 2-0. In this Test series from Sri Lanka, all the players performed well and played an important role in the victory of their team. The New Zealand team failed to leave its mark in this series.

Talking about the second test, Sri Lanka, batting first, declared its first innings at 602 runs for 5 wickets. On behalf of the team, experienced batsman Dinesh Chandimal batted brilliantly and played a valuable inning of 116 runs. Dinesh Chandimal hit 15 fours during his innings. Apart from Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis also batted lethally and played a record-breaking inning of 182* runs. He made many achievements during his innings.

Apart from Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis scored 106* runs. While on one hand Kamindu Mendis hit 16 fours and four sixes during his innings, Kusal Mendis also made an important contribution. Glenn Phillips took three wickets for New Zealand.

Sri Lanka won the test series 2-0

In reply, the New Zealand team was all out for 88 runs in its first innings. For the team, Mitchell Santner scored the maximum 29 runs while Daryl Mitchell was out on a personal score of 13 runs. Rachin Ravindra also returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. For the hosts, Prabhat Jayasuriya took 6 wickets in the first innings while Nishan Peiris took 3 wickets.

Not only this, despite the follow-on, New Zealand could not make a comeback in this match and were all out after scoring 360 runs in the second innings. In the second innings, Glenn Phillips scored 78 runs for the team while Mitchell Santner contributed 67 runs. Devon Conway scored 61 runs while Tom Blundell played an inning of 60 runs. Kane Williamson contributed 46 runs while Ajaz Patel scored 22 runs.

In the second innings, Nishan Peiris took 6 wickets while Prabhat Jayasuriya took three wickets. While on one hand Kamindu Mendis was awarded the Player of the Match award, on the other hand Prabhat Jayasuriya won the Player of the Series award.

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Huge turn from Prabath Jayasuriya to get rid of Ajaz Patel 😵‍💫#SonySportsNetwork #SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/15cZrZhwSA

— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) September 29, 2024

And that’s a SERIES WIN for LIONS 🦁!!!

Completely outclassed the Kiwis in all departments

Sri Lanka will maintain their 3rd place position in the WTC points table with a PCT of 55.56

Can Sri Lanka win another 4/5 matches to seal their place in the WTC finals?#SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/9Q0stVdSTa

— Rafil Chamba (@rafilchamba1999) September 29, 2024

thumping win for Sri Lanka in Galle motiv#WTC25 , #SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/JBr25cU69n

— Helvin Cardoz ❤️ (@CardozHelvin) September 29, 2024

Sri Lanka clinch the series in style! #SLvNZ

Dominant performance sees them win the second Test by an innings and 154 runs, taking the series 2-0.

Congratulations to the team on a fantastic series win! pic.twitter.com/XbbAdlvo7k

— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) September 29, 2024

#SLvNZ Test Series:

Most Runs :
Kamindu Mendis (SL) 309
Dinesh Chandimal (SL) 207
Kusal Mendis (SL) 179

Most Wickets:
Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) 18
Nishan Peiris (SL) 9
William O’Rourke (NZ) 8

— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) September 29, 2024

Sri Lankan spinners in the 2nd Test against New Zealand:

– 9 wickets for Nishan Peiris in the match
– 9 wickets for Prabath Jayasuriya in the match

Absolute dominance by the spinners at Galle…!!!!#SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/4Nkj6AH8ni

— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) September 29, 2024

Kamindu Mendis said “It is a pleasure to score 1000 Test runs in just 8 matches and to share this record with Sir Don Bradman” 🇱🇰#SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/F3n2KkTUZS

— Muhammad Noman (@Nomancricket29) September 29, 2024

Sri Lanka has defeated New Zealand!#SLvNZ pic.twitter.com/zQVkB5yDbt

— ScoresNow (@scoresnow_in) September 29, 2024

The World Test Championship table has been shaken up by Sri Lanka 📋🏆

New Zealand have taken a huge drop 👀#SLvNZ #WTC #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/5rAsiV8YU5

— Authority (@Boxoffice_Boom) September 29, 2024