Sri Lankan captain is overjoyed after defeating New Zealand in the Test, gave this open challenge to teams around the world

Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva is overjoyed after the 63-run win in the first Test match against New Zealand. In the same conversation, he has given an open challenge to big teams around the world. He said that his team has the ability to win Test matches against any team. Actually, the Sri Lankan team was struggling with poor form for a long time, but the last few months have been great for this team. Of course, they have not won any big series so far, but they are constantly making big upsets.

Dhananjaya de Silva said that this victory against New Zealand shows that if the players contribute in the match, they have the ability to defeat any opponent in the red ball format. This was Sri Lanka's second consecutive Test win, before this, they also performed well against the England cricket team at the Oval earlier this month. Although they lost the series 2-1 against England, they won the last Test of the tour. De Silva credited the Oval win for boosting the team's morale.

He said that the victory in England has boosted our morale. We have the ability to win Test matches and our players are performing well now. Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs in the first Test match played in Galle. On Monday, on the fifth day, the New Zealand team could add only 4 runs to their yesterday's score of 207 and were all out for 211 runs. Spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya was given the Player of the Match for taking 9 wickets in the match.

The Sri Lankan captain also praised the 152-run partnership for the second wicket between Karunaratne (83) and Dinesh Chandimal (61), which scored 309 runs in the second innings. However, the captain feels there is scope for improvement in lower-order batting and bowling. The second and final Test match of the series will be played at the same ground from September 26.