A young, inexperienced Sri Lanka side, on Saturday, achieved what no Asian team did before, becoming the first Asian team to win a Test series in South Africa after Oshada Fernando and Kusal Mendis propelled the visitors to an eight-wicket win in the second Test🍃 at Port Eli☂zabeth to clinch a historic 2-0 series triumph.
Fernando was unbeaten on 75 off 1🌱06 balls, while Mendis ✨scored 84 not out off 110 deliveries as Sri Lanka chased down the victory target of 197 by lunch.
Dimuth Karunaratne & Co. showed some character and recorded a clinical win especially after victory in the Durban Test.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Sri Lanka’s historic win:
Congratulations !!! Gre♉at team work to achieve somethin💧g special. proud of the boys.. Well done and the team. 👍👊👊👊
— Mahela Jayawardena (@MahelaJay)
Cong🔴ratulations again for making history for Sri Lanka𒊎 and Asia with this win.
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2)
Well done Sri Lanka!!! Huge 𝓰respect! 🙏🏻💪�💃���🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano)
Congratulations to Sri Lanka on a fantastic Test series win against SA in SA. This must be one of their greatest moments in their Test histo🦹ry. My friend will be a really happy man
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Wow, Sri Lanka! Hats off! Going where no Asian team has gone before, where better Sri Lankan teams haven't. This is big! Very big.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Bravo Boys ! Congratulations to Captain Dimuth and the t🔜eam , thank you for keeping the promise and Sri Lanka Cricket Alive ! First Asian team to win a series against SA in South Africa ,well done
— Harin Fernando (@fernandoharin)
Incredible effort to win the series 0-2. This is huge for Sri Lankan and definitely world criꦇcket. Test cricket has turned on its head in the last few months n its brilliant
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Congratulati♕ons boys. No word to say really happy about u all. Vishwa, oshada, kasun and Lasith impressed. KJP u beauty. Wel done to all the players and supporting staff.Wel done. Wel done.👏👏. 𝓀
— Dhammika Prasad (@imDhammika)
Overwhelmed by the positivity coming out from the neighbours back in the Subಌ co꧋ntinent !!! 😁😁��Awesome
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Truly remarkable achievement by 👏👏👏
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh)
Bravo Sri Lanka! Series victory to cheri🐲sh forever 👏👏👏👏
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Really happy for the boys, fantastic team effort. This series win among the Top achievements of Sri Lanka Cricket. Well done & team, Coaching🐈 s🍨taff.
— Rangana Herath (@HerathRSL)
Arguably the best day ever in the history of Asian test Cricket n surely the best day ever for .
Weldone n team!
You made the entire nation proud🇱🇰🇱🇰— Danushka Gunathilaka (@danushka_70)
A remarkable test and series viꦜctory for , history making achievement. Who would’ve thought after their 📖recent performances in Australia & NZ.
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Ayubowan Sri Lanka. So many seniors missing. Yet are the first Asianꦐ team to win a series in South Africa. One of the toughest places to win. Impossible really is nothing. My guy will be dancing in the streets as will many in Sri Lanka👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Worth having a list𓄧en purely for some fabulous insights into from . An incredible series win. India the 1st subcontinent team to win in Aus and SL, the first in SA. Test cricket is alive and kicking
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
– Six weeks ago India became the first Asian side to win a Test series in Australia.
– Today Sri Lanka became the first Asian side to win a Test series in South Africa.
With this, a♏t least one of the As𝓀ian sides have now won a Test series in every Test-playing country!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Great win for Sri Lanka 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽…
Great batting display by and Oshada
Well played boys made us proud
It’s a great Test series win for Sri Lanka— Thisara perera (@PereraThisara)
Ku🎀sal Perera is the Player of the Series for his 153* in Durban☂ :
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
