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Sri Lanka have always lacked quality pacers in their side. There are only a few speedsters who have graced the game for the Sri Lankan team. One of them is Lasith Malinga, whose unique bowling style helped him to achieve greater heights in international cricket.
However, there was another speedster who registered his name in the history of the game with his great fast bowling display. We are talking about Chaminda Vaas, who was the most dangerous bowler that Sri Lanka has produced. With the new ball in his hand, he is even more dangerous. After Muttiah Muralitharan Chaminda Vaas is the second-best Sri Lanka bowler. Chaminda Vaas has taken 755 wickets.
Here we take a look at the TOP 3 Best spells of Chaminda Vaas across formats:
In the 2000 Champions Trophy final which was held in Sharjah Sri Lanka batted first and set a big target for India to chase. With a special knock of 189 runs by Sanath Jayasuriya the Lankans scored 299 runs. To chase down this big total India had to bat really well to win the match. All the hopes were on openers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar as the team wanted a flying start to chase this big total.
But the Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas had some different plans. With tight bowling, he gave an early breakthrough to Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas sent the top four Indian batters back to the pavilion. As this breakthrough by Chaminda Vaas Indian team didn’t get time to recover and was bowled out for 54 runs as Sri Lanka sealed victory by 245 runs. Chaminda Vaas took 5 wickets and gave only 14 runs.
