West Indies vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I: I backed myself and executed my plans, says Fabian Allen | Cricket News – Times of India

ST JOHN’S (Antigua): After delivering a match-winning performance in the third T20I against Sri Lanka here at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, West Indies all-rounder Fabian Allen said he backed his plans and executed them well in the game.
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Windies defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets on Monday. With this win, the hosts won the three-match series 2-1. Both teams would now lock horns in the three-match ODI series beginning Wednesday.
Allen bowled an economical spell, as he just gave away just 13 runs in his four overs while taking a wicket. Then, with the bat, he played a blasting knock of 21 not out off six balls, studded with three sixes, to help his team chase down the target of 132 in a low-scoring affair.
“I prepare for everything, including bowling in the Powerplay. I just backed myself and executed. The pitch is very slow, so I just needed to execute my plans,” Allen said after the match.
“When I look in the dressing room, we have a lot of batting power. I told Jason Holder that I’m not comfortable batting against (Wanindu) Hasaranga, so I told him to bat him out and I’ll be finishing. I just backed myself in the end. It was a good performance overall.”

Chasing a below-par target, the Windies got off to a steady start as openers Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis put on 37 runs inside the first five overs. However, Sri Lanka came back into the match by dismissing Lewis (21), Simmons (26), Chris Gayle (13) and Kieron Pollard (0) to reduce the hosts to 75/4 in the 12th over.
Nicholas Pooran (23), Rovman Powell (7) and Dwayne Bravo (0) also could not manage to stay at the crease. In the end, Jason Holder (14*) and Allen (21*) took the Windies over the line for a three-wicket win with six balls to spare.
Earlier, Dinesh Chandimal’s unbeaten knock of 54 helped Sri Lanka post 131/4 in the allotted twenty overs.
Batting first, Sri Lanka got off to a bad start as the visitors lost Gunathilaka (9), Pathum Nissanka (5), Niroshan Dickwella (4) and Angelo Mathews (11) with just 46 runs on the board.
Chandimal (54*) and Ashen Bandara (44*) then got together and the duo built an unbeaten stand of 85 runs to take Sri Lanka’s score past the 130-run mark.