Sri Lanka needed 59 runs from the last three overs against Australia. At that time, they lost 6 wickets. He had only 4 wickets in hand. But from the 16th over, Dasun Shanaka and Chamika Karunaratne started stormy batting together. The two Lankans made 22 runs in that over by Joss Hazelwood. They then scored 18 runs in the 19th over the bowl by Jhye Richardson. They had to score 19 runs in the last over.

Richardson came to bowl in the last over. He gives the first two deliveries wide. The next two balls gave 1 run. But Shanaka hit two consecutive fours off his third, and fourth ball, and a six off the fifth ball. As a result, Sri Lanka needed just one run off the last ball. Which they were able to pick up.

Dasun Shanaka, the hero of the win, played just 25 balls and scored 54 runs.

Earlier in the match, touring Australia batted first and scored 176 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Opener David Warner top-scored for Australia with 39 runs. The second highest score of 38 came from the bat of Marcus Stoinis.

Maheesh Theekshana took the maximum two wickets for 25 runs for Sri Lanka. Josh Hazlewood and Marcus Stones took two wickets each for Australia.

With Australia winning the first two matches of the series, the series ended 2-1.