WATCH: Dilshan Madushanka match winning hat trick in ZIM vs SL 1st ODI

Zimbabwe needed 10 runs in the final over to register a historic win over Sri Lanka. During the hour of need, Dilshan Madushanka appeared as the hero of the Sri Lanka cricket team looking at that time. Madushanka replied with a hat-trick. Three back-to-back wickets in the first three balls of the last over. In the remaining three deliveries, he conceded only 2 runs. Sri Lanka left Harare Sports Club cricket ground as the winner of the first of the 2-match ODI series.

Dilshan Madushanka got the player of the match award for his hat-trick in the final over and ended up with a four-fer. Sikandar Raza was the first batter of the over who lost his wicket against the pacer. Madushanka tried to deliver a yorker, but it was a low full toss. The experienced Zimbabwe batter tried something fancy. Raza walks across the stumps to scoop it over the man at short fine leg but fails to connect, and the middle stump gets uprooted. He departed for 92 off 87.

In the second ball of the over, Madushanka went full and across the right-handed Brad Evans, who spooned the ball towards the fine leg, where Asitha Fernando ran over his right shoulder and took a safe catch. Richard Ngarava tried to find the route to go big and ended up bowled out. That's how Sri Lankan pacer Dilshan Madushanka completed his hat-trick.

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Summary of the match: 

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 298 in exchange for 6 wickets. Pathum Nissanka, an opener, scored 76 runs to provide his team some stability in the beginning. The visitors got the required boost in their run rate from their lower middle-order batters Janith Liyanage and Kamindu Mendis. Janith remained not out for 70 off 47, and Mendis scored 57 off 36.

Chasing the handsome competitive target in the second innings, Ben Curran scored 70 off 90, skipper Sean Williams scored 57 off 54, Raza got 92, and Tony Munyonga remained on the crease for 43*, but they couldn't touch the target because of Madushanka's hat trick.