Charith Asalanka cracked his maiden ODI hundred as Sri Lanka finished with a competitive score of 258 against Australia in the fourth ODI in Colombo. Dhananjaya de Silva gave the middle order batter valuable support and ended up with 60.
The hosts, who were inserted into bat, found themselves in early trouble as Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka were dismissed within the first 10 overs. With Sri Lanka in a precarious position, Dhananjaya and Asalanka joined forces to prop up the innings with a stand of 101.
Despite losing his batting partner, Asalanka continued to play with a calm head on his shoulders and found an able ally in Dunith Wellalage. Matthew Kuhnemann broke the promising stand by
removing Wellalage and followed it up by sending Chamika Karunaratne back
to the hut. At that stage, Wanindu Hasaranga collected a couple of boundaries off Kuhnemann in the 45th over to keep the scorecard moving. In the same over, Aslanka completed his first ODI century with a single.