The 2 test match series is going on between Sri Lanka and South Africa. Its second match is being played on the ground of St. George Park from 5th December. On the second day of the match, Sri Lankan fast bowler Lahiru Kumara surprised everyone with his lethal bowling. During South Africa’s first innings, he broke a record by taking 100 wickets. Then he broke Kagiso Rabada’s bat with his dangerous ball.
Lahiru Kumara broke the bat like this
This incident of bat breaking happened on Friday 6th December, the second day of the match. Actually, there was a partnership of 56 runs in 76 balls for the 9th wicket between Kyle Verreynne and Kagiso Rabada. To break this strong partnership, the ball was given to Lahiru Kumara in the 90th over. On the fourth ball of this over, he tried to hit a strong bouncer at a speed of 137. As soon as Rabada went to defend this, his bat broke. While playing this shot, his eyes were completely closed and he was not in control. Due to this incident the game had to be stopped for some time.
Kagiso Rabada breaks his bat as clean as you could ever imagine!
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Record broken before breaking the bat
Lahiru Kumara broke the records of two Sri Lankan bowlers before breaking Rabada’s bat and accomplished a big feat. Actually, 27-year-old Lahiru is playing his 33rd match and he has become the third fast bowler for Sri Lanka to take the fastest 100 wickets in Tests. He broke the records of Dilhara Fernando and Dilruan Perera. He has made this record by taking 100 wickets in 5574 balls.
Let us tell you that the record for taking the fastest 100 wickets in Test for Sri Lanka is in the name of Lasith Malinga, who achieved this feat in 5029 balls. Before this match he had taken 99 wickets. In the first innings against South Africa, he took 4 wickets for 79 runs in 17.4 overs. With this he now has a total of 103 wickets in his name. On the other hand, South Africa scored 358 runs in the first innings, in response to which Sri Lankan team had scored 242 runs at the loss of 3 wickets by the end of the second day’s play.