Mahela Jayawardene's bat - Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan match - Video

Mahela Jayawardene was on 43, when his bat broke into two pieces while confronting a Shapoor Zadran conveyance against Afghanistan in gathering A match at University Oval, Dunedin. Interestingly, Jayawardene did not go hard at the ball and rather had a delicate push which brought about harm to his willow. In any case, the new bat then demonstrated fortunate for Jayawardene as he included 57 more runs with that willow to finish his nineteenth One-Day International (ODI) century. Jayawardene's ton turned out to be match-winning one as Sri Lanka enlisted their first win in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Pursuing 233, the tasteful right-hander scored 100 off 120 balls after Sri Lanka were three wickets down for 18 runs. He sewed 126-run organization with Captain Angelo Mathews, which kept Sri Lanka in the chase, in transit to his hundred.