Kusal Perera hit the fastest T20 century by a Sri Lankan off just 44 balls and also broke Kusal Mendis' record for most 50-plus scores in T20Is by a Sri Lankan.

Kusal Perera scored Sri Lanka’s fastest Twenty20 international century — from 44 balls — to spur his team to a consolation win over New Zealand by seven runs in the the final match of the three-match series.

Kusal Perera etches his name in the history books by becoming the first-ever batsman from Sri Lanka to score 2000 T20I runs. The veteran left-handed batsman achieved the feat during his side's 3rd and final T20I vs New Zealand at Saxton Oval on Thursday.

Kusal Perera cracked a career-best 101 as Sri Lanka, playing only for pride in the third Twenty20 match against Zealand, posted 218-5 in Nelson Thursday. New Zealand have already wrapped up the three-match series having won the first two games when the Sri Lankan middle order failed to fire.

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Sri Lanka won a thriller in Nelson by seven runs to avoid a whitewash as Kusal Perera dropped an innings for the ages at the start of the New Year on Thursday afternoon against New Zealand. Rachin Ravindra with an attacking fifty fought the lone battle as New Zealand won the series 2-1.

Top order batsman Kusal Perera smashed 101 off 46 balls to set up Sri Lanka's consolation seven-run victory in the final T20 International against New Zealand, who won the three-match series 2-1 in Nelson on Thursday.

Kusal Perera's scintillating century propelled Sri Lanka to a thrilling 7-run win over New Zealand in the third T20I

In the end, Sri Lanka did enough. That's not something you'd expect to say about a team that had racked up 218 runs in their first innings, but it speaks towards just how well New