SL openers 1st pair to share straight 200-run stands in ODIs
Sri Lankan openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka on Saturday became the first pair in ODI history to share consecutive partnerships of 200-plus runs after slamming 209 runs against Zimbabwe. The stand followed their match-winning 229-run partnership in the third ODI on Thursday. Dickwella, who scored 116, became the eighth Sri Lankan batsman to score consecutive centuries in ODIs.