Mahela Jayawardena Trolls Kevin Pietersen After Sri Lanka Beats England in CWC 2019 Match

The match between Sri Lanka and England yesterday was at Headingley in Leeds was quite a low scoring one. After winning the toss Sri Lanka elected to bat first and put up the total of 232 runs which is quite less as compared to the rest of the games in the CWC 2019. However, it was Lasith Malinga who snapped four major wickets of the hosts and almost walked away with the game by 20 runs. During the first half of the game, it seemed that England would definitely walk away with the victory but little did they know Lasith Malinga would stand between them and the win. After the game, Sri Lanka’s former captain Mahela Jayawardena trolled England’s Kevin Pietersen on social media. Sri Lanka vs England Highlights And Cricket Score.

So here’s what happened. England’s Kevin Pietersen posted a tweet and said that one hiccup would not stop the team from winning the World Cup. Mahela Jayawardena who is known to be a man of wit and had a snappy reply to troll KP. Needless to say that the former England player was at the loss of words and only had an emoji as his response. Sri Lanka Stun England in CWC 2019 Match, Twitter Abound With Funny Memes on Hosts; Praise for Lasith Malinga.

Check out their banter below:

Here’s Pietersen’s reply.

Mahela also praised the Lankan team for their performance.

With a couple of points in their kitty, Sri Lanka now stands on number five of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 points table. The team now features on number five with six points. England now remains on number three with eight points in their kitty.

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