Sri Lanka Vs Australia 5th ODI match took place at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Australia beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets, posting a total of 164/6.

Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to bat in the dead-elastic fifth one-day global against Australia in Colombo on Friday. The hosts took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the fourth match against their physical issue defaced guests, who were driven by opening batsman Aaron Finch.

Shanaka reported three changes to the last game’s triumphant blend with Danushka Gunathilaka, Dinesh Chandimal and debutant Pramod Madushan supplanting Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva and Wanindu Hasaranga.

Finch had one change with Josh Inglis making his ODI debut, supplanting Travis Head who hurt his hamstring in the last match. Prior to the  game, subsequent to selecting to bat first, Sri Lanka were never under any circumstance permitted to get off the blocks and the Australian bowlers just continued to pick wickets at normal stretches.

Josh Hazlewood was splendid at the highest point of the request to the surprise of no one and Matthew Kuhnemann excessively bowled all around well.

With Sri Lanka on course of being packaged out for under 100, Chamika Karunaratne accepted the responsibility and put on a splendid show with the bat to score 75 runs and he was very much upheld by debutant Pramod Madushan. The hosts moved beyond 150 yet with the profundity, Australia have in their batting arrangement, they had the option to dispose of early batting hardships to continue and dominate the game.

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Sri Lanka had a modest total on the board yet had the option to make a match out of it and at a certain point, they were even in charge of the game. Subsequent to beginning with pace, Dasun Shanaka acquired spinners from the two closures, and Maheesh Theekshana alongside Dunith Wellalage bowled pair and never let the Aussies make some simple memories.

In the centre overs however, different spinners weren’t only ready to get wickets despite the fact that the necessary rate was held under wraps. Dunith Wellalage returned to get two additional wickets yet eventually, Sri Lanka simply needed more sudden spikes in demand for the board and were given a complete loss. It has been a hard-battled challenge however Australia have shown coarseness and assurance to move past the line, because of a splendid game dominating thump from Alex Carey.

The five-match ODI series closes 3-2 for Sri Lanka. Likewise, there is an immense serenade of Australia from the group, showing their appreciation to the visiting side.

Aaron Finch is seen driving the reaction as he and his men take a series of the arena absorbing the commendation from the group in the Premadasa. Chamika Karunaratne (75 runs off 75 balls) is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his brave exertion despite the fact that he finished on the terrible side. This is the kind of thing we don’t see that frequently in cricket yet such was the significance of his innings in this game. Kusal Mendis is the PLAYER OF THE SERIES for scoring the most runs in the series!

It wasn't just his dismissal on 99 that had David Warner grimacing in the fourth ODI last night 😰 #SLvAUS pic.twitter.com/vLecd6BBqi

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