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WI vs SL T20I- Allen’s all-round performance helped Windies to series win

Sudev Haldar
3 years ago

Fabian Allen hit three sixes with the final shot which led the West Indies to a victory against Sri Lanka in WI vs SL T20I series

The all-rounder Fabian Allen was the match-winner of the third T20I match, which was a close encounter match and West Indies won by 2-1, he was named man of the match

Sri Lanka and West Indies played Three T20 International match in the home ground of West Indies first match won by West Indies by 4 wickets and Captain Pollard was the man of the match, he smashed 6 sixes in an over of Akila Dananjaya

In the second match, Sri Lanka comeback into the series and 2nd T20I and won by 43 runs, and Wanindu Hasaranga was named the man of the match

At the time, the West Indies scored 105 for 5 after 17 overs in the third T20I match and required a total of 27 runs off 18 balls, chasing a total of 131 runs, but Fabian Allen became the hero of the match and scored 21 runs off just 6 balls. Jason Holder supported him and scored unbeaten 14 runs

Fabian Allen said, ‘It is great to score a winning run for our team and bring us in line. It was not only to win the match but also to win the series was a very surprising thing for me. “… I finally supported myself. It was a nice performance overall.

Earlier, Allen took a brilliant catch off his bowling to dismiss Sri Lankan opener Danushka Gunathilaka (9 runs) in the third over of the innings.

Scores of the final WI vs SL T20I match

Sri Lanka– 131/4; Chandimal 57*runs (46 balls), Ashen Bandara 44 runs (35 balls); Fabian Allen 13/1

West Indies– 134/7; Lendl Simmons 26 runs (18 balls), Nicholas Pooran (wk) 23 runs (18 balls) Fabian Allen 21* runs (6 balls) Jason Holder 14* (23 balls); Lakshan Sandakan 29/3, Wanindu Hasaranga 13/2

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