First Time in the history of CWC,two players under the age of 25 score centuries in the same game Monday July 01,2019

It became the first time in the history of the Cricket World Cup(CWC) that two men under the age of 25 have scored hundreds in the same game. 21-year-old Avishka Fernando(Sri Lanka) and 23-year-ol Nicholas Pooran(west Indies) smashed centuries during the match

For both the players ,this was their maiden ODI Ton

Sri Lanka's Avishka Fernando was on Monday July 01,2019 declared Man of the Match after he pulled back his maiden One-Day International (ODI) century to help Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

Asked to bat first, Fernando not only smashed a blistering knock of 104(103 balls  4x9 and 6x2)but also stitched crucial partnerships with Kusal Mendis (39), Angelo Mathews (26) and Lahiru Thirimanne (unbeaten at 45) to help Sri Lanka post a mammoth total of 338/6 in 50 Overs

Chasing the target, Nicholas Pooran118 (103 balls 4x11 and 6x4) too scored his maiden ODI ton besides resurrected the innings with three successive half-century stands in company of Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite and Fabien Allen. While he played the primary role in the first two, Allen took over the mantle of the aggressor in the third. Pooran, too, had started off slowly and timed his acceleration well as the innings progressed. It was the Allen-Pooran stand that shifted the momentum in favour of West Indies. To end that partnership and enter the tail early, Karunaratne even used up all his best resources and was left founding when the last three overs started. However, the duo added 83 runs in only 58 balls, with Allen stroking a quickfire half-century. It was his dismissal, which gave West Indies the first of their two jolts in the death overs. Having played a delivery off his pads to the fielder at short fine leg, he wasn't interested in Pooran's call for a quick single. Pooran, batting on 99, was too late to realise his partner's disinterest and continued his run towards the striker's end and forced Allen to go for the risk. In doing so, Allen found himself short and left the ground fuming