Sri Lanka, Sept. 9 -- Zimbabwe came back strongly to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second T20I played at the Harare Sports Club Grounds yesterday.

The home side also kept their hopes alive as they leveled the three-match series with the third and deciding match scheduled for today at the same venue.

This was a clinical performance by the Zimbabwe side as they dismissed the visitors inside the 20 overs after electing to field and then knocked off the runs with 34 balls to spare. Sri Lanka, of course, had some hope when seamer Dushmantha Chameera struck twice in his opening over and followed up with the dismissal of Skipper Sikandar Raza to leave Zimbabwe at 27 for three in the sixth over.

However, Ryan Burl held on determinedly f...