Finally after two straight loss island nation Sri Lanka pick up win against Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal said they were confident of a positive outcome against Zimbabwe in their do-or-die affair on Sunday (January 21). Chandimal's side had to win in order to keep their hopes alive of progressing further having suffered two successive losses in their opening games.

Sri Lanka managed to dismiss their opponents for only 198 before chasing it down without much trouble in a game where their reputation was at stake. Zimbabwe had won their previous encounter against Sri Lanka by 12 runs on the back of some aggressive batting that helped them put a commanding 290 for 6 before they dismissed them for 278 runs. While chasing 198 Sri Lanka at 145/5, the Lankans had played themselves into a corner, but Thisara, who has been their lone saving grace so far came up with a fine cameo. Dinesh Chandimal looked less fluent, but fought hard and didn't throw his wicket away. The early damage was done by Kusal Perera (49) and Kusal Mendis (36), but they once again they nearly threw it away - thanks to a three-wicket burst from Blessing Muzarabani. To their credit, Zimbabwe kept fighting along, took the game to as deep as they could, they will be disappointed with their batting effort, but have quite a few plus points over the way they bowled and fielded.