Sri Lanka Secures Dominant Win Over Netherlands
Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 83 runs in the 38th match of the T-20 World Cup. The Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and set the Netherlands a target of 202 runs. In reply, the Netherlands were bowled out for 118 runs in 16.4 overs.
Sri Lanka became the second team to score 200 runs in this World Cup. Earlier in the 17th match, Australia scored 201 runs against England. Apart from these two teams, no other team has been able to reach the 200-run mark in this World Cup.
Sri Lanka’s Impressive Batting Display
This is Sri Lanka’s fourth consecutive win over the Netherlands. Regarding today’s match, a total of 4 matches have been played between both teams. Sri Lanka have won all the matches. Both have always clashed in the World Cup.
Kusal Mendis and Charith Aslanka scored 46 runs each for Sri Lanka. Dhananjay de Silva scored 34 and Angelo Mathews scored 30 not out. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga scored an unbeaten knock of 20 runs off 6 balls in the last innings. Logan van Beek took two wickets for the Netherlands. Tim Pringle, Vivian Kingma, Paul van Meekeren, and Aryan Dutt took 1 wicket each.
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Netherlands’ Struggles in the Chase
Chasing the target of 202 runs, the pressure was on the Netherlands batsmen to put up a big score. Apart from Michael Levitt and captain Scott Edwards, no other batsman could play a big innings. Both these batsmen scored 31-31 runs. Sybrand Engelbrecht (11), Max O’Dowd 11 and Aryan Dutt scored 10 runs.
Apart from this, no other batsman could even reach double figures. Sri Lankan bowlers also performed brilliantly. Nuwan Tushara took 3 wickets. Vanindu Hasaranga and Mathish Pathirana took 2 wickets each. Mahesh Tekshana and Dasun Shanaka took 1 wicket each.
Impact on Group D Standings
The Sri Lankan team is in the third position in the points table With this win, Sri Lanka is in the third position in Group D with 3 points after 1 win. The Netherlands team is in 4th position with 2 points from 4 matches and the Nepal team is in 5th position with 1 point from 4 matches. Apart from this, South Africa is in the first position with 8 points after 4 wins from 4 matches and the Bangladesh team is in the second position with 3 wins and 6 points from 4 matches.
Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjay de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Mahish Thekshana, Mathish Pathirana and Nuwan Tushara.
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain), Michael Levitt, Max O’Dowd, Vikramjeet Singh, Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
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