SL vs ZIM 2nd T20 Reactions – Luke Jongwe and Craig Ervine help seal great win

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Cricket News: SL vs ZIM 2nd T20 Reactions – Luke Jongwe and Craig Ervine help seal great win

Zimbabwe, courtesy of Craig Ervine’s 70 and wonderful hitting from their lower order, sealed a terrific victory in the second T20I against Sri Lanka at Colombo. Luke Jongwe was awarded man of the match after taking 2/32 and hitting 25* off 12 balls, including 16 off the first three balls in the final over to all-but-seal the win.

The Sri Lankans, with 20 to defend in the last over, handed the ball to Angelo Mathews. It didn’t turn out as planned, with Mathews overstepping on the first delivery and conceding a six to give Zimbabwe a huge chance. Jongwe then hit another four and six, before a dropped catch from Maheesh Theekshana allowed the also-excellent Clive Madande to get on strike. He then hit a six of his own to seal victory.

Earlier, Craig Ervine (70 off 54 balls) set up the chase after Sri Lanka posted 173/6 after an awful start. Each of the Lions’ top three were dismissed for single figures as they slumped to 27/4, before Charith Asalanka (69 off 39) and Angelo Mathews (66* off 51) sparked a recovery.

SL vs ZIM 2nd T20 Reactions – Fans react to thrilling win for Zimbabwe

Fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the match. Sri Lanka would be disappointed to lose a match they had in their hands. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, can enjoy this moment ahead of the decider.

Great come back performance by @ZimCricketv after a close loss the other day against #SriLanka good luck for the series decider 👏👏 🇿🇼

— Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) January 16, 2024

Luke Jongwe pulled off an absolute heist. What a player! Stole the game away from Sri Lanka and secured one of the best comebacks in T20I cricket history!

Yes Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 pic.twitter.com/aHMxxUPxhw

— Adam Theo🇿🇼🏏 (@AdamTheofilatos) January 16, 2024

Angelo Mathews has to defend 20 off the final over with No.9 and No.10 of Zimbabwe.

Mathews conceded 24 runs in five balls.

All this after the last press conference seems an even bigger embarrassment for him. 🤦

What a win for Zimbabwe 🔥🙌

— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) January 16, 2024

Zimbabwe Have Dominated 3 Out Of 5 Games This Tour So Far, About Time They Won #SLvZIM

— Chatil Panditasekara (@ChatilPandi) January 16, 2024

Shanaka goes ahead of Sangakkara to become the 4th highest runs scorer for Sri Lanka in T20I Cricket.

He also has 25 T20I wickets and led his team to an Asia Cup win in T20I.

Unarguably, one of the best ever T20I players from Sri Lanka.#SLvZIM

— S (@Sakun_SD) January 16, 2024

There is a T20 World Cup in another 5 months time. And Sri Lanka lost today to a side that recently got beaten by Uganda! Yes, Uganda! All because of pathetic captaincy of Hasaranga and pathetic bowling by Agenda Mathews. 🤮#SLvZIM @OfficialSLC

— Udendra (@udendra) January 16, 2024

As we have seen in LPL, Hasaranga isn’t a bad Captain.

But he forgets his Captaincy skills in front of his idol.

He wanted his idol to pick up couple of wickets and end the match in style.
Look what happened in the end. 😅🤷🏽‍♂️#SLvZIM

— S (@Sakun_SD) January 16, 2024

LUKE JONGWE, THE HERO OF ZIMBABWE…!!!!

Zimbabwe needed 20 runs in the final over then Jongwe smashed 6+Nb, 4, 6, 0, 1, 6 and won the game for Zimbabwe – What a game, one of the greatest win ever in T20I history. pic.twitter.com/UQjsqsX2d0

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 16, 2024

Props to Clive as well. That was a helluva knock under pressure. #SLvZim

— Liam Brickhill (@Gomorezvidinha) January 16, 2024

You beauty Luke Jongwe, Theekshana drop catch. Agenda ticked off in style. What a match lol

— Karthik Raj (@kartcric) January 16, 2024

Zimbabwe’s win today was greatly influenced by the approach of our batters towards Hasaranga. They managed to score 40 runs off his four overs.

— Brian K goredema (@briangoredema) January 16, 2024

The victory is a deserved one for Zimbabwe given they have shown promising signs on this tour. The third and deciding T20I will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.