SL vs WI: Stats Preview ahead of the second Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
The second ODI game between Sri Lanka and West Indies will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on October 23 (Wednesday).
SL vs WI 2nd ODI, Approaching Milestones and Records: Sri Lanka cricket team and West Indies cricket team are competing in a three-match ODI series. The first game ended with the hosts winning by five wickets. The two sides will now meet in the second game, which is scheuled to take place on Wednesday at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka will look to wrap up the series here and win the Pallekele match. Sri Lanka have spun their web around West Indies, and spinners have done the main job for the hosts. That is where West Indies have lacked in big time. They are not able to score runs against spinners, which has put them on the losing side in the last three white-ball matches on this tour now.
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Sri Lanka will look to carry on the momentum and let their spinners do the job in the second game as well. There are some big records and milestones that are awaiting in the second game. Below, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the second SL vs WI ODI in Pallekele.
Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2nd ODI: Approaching ODI Records and Cricket Milestones Ahead of the second ODI at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
25 - Star batter Kusal Mendis has 3975 runs in ODIs. He needs only 25 more runs to complete 4000 ODI runs.
81 - Star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga is just 81 runs away from completing 1000 ODI runs in his career.
5 - Veteran Sri Lankan spinner Jeffrey Vandersay is just 5 wickets away from completing 50 international wickets for Sri Lanka.
3 - Captain Charith Asalanka needs three more sixes to complete 50 sixes in the ODI cricket. He scored a 71-ball 77 in the first game.
3 - Kusal Mendis has 69 sixes in his ODI career. If he can smash three more sixes in the second SL vs WI ODI, he will go past Mahela Jayawardene's tally of 71 ODI sixes and will become the sixth highest Sri Lankan with most ODI sixes.
1 - West Indian captain Shai Hope has 16 centuries in ODI cricket. If he can score one more in the second game, he will equal Desmond Haynes to have the third-most ODI centuries for the West Indies.
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77 - Roston Chase has represented West Indies in all three formats. He is just 77 runs away from completing 3500 international runs.
