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‌SL vs NZ | Twitter reacts to audacious Kusal Mendis notch up century in style with colossal blow

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ByArijit Kundu, SportsCafe Editor

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While Test cricket was more renowned for a defensive way of batting, few cricketers have influenced the attacking way of play. Kusal Mendis showed in which category he belongs after bringing up his century with a blazing six in the third session of the second Test against New Zealand.

Continuing the excellence with the bat, Sri Lanka were steadily moving towards a formidable total in the first session. Despite Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva’s stay for a brief period, Kusal Mendis accompanied Kamindu Mendis for the majority of the day with the pair orchestrating a double hundred stand. The latter’s 150 runs milestone was followed up by the former’s century, which came in some charismatic manner. 

Following a double and a dot in the first couple of balls in the 163rd over, Kusal stepped down the ground on a fuller-length delivery against Glenn Phillips while at 99*. He shortened the pitch by getting near to the cork and whacked it down the ground, straight over the bowler’s head like an arrow to bring up his century with a six. Subsequently, the wicketkeeper-batter stripped off his helmet and raised the bat towards the dugout in jubilation. Generally, players tend to play a less risky stroke while nearing a milestone mark but Kusal’s audacity took the Twitterverse by storm, praising his attacking mindset.

Brilliant

Huge total

His day

Dominating

Congrats

Good performance

Well played

Mssive fight

Tenth hundred

Joined elite list

 

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