Australia wins over Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the 22nd match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
The 22nd match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between Australia vs Sri Lanka at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, in which Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.
Australia won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, Sri Lanka batted first, started the inning not very well, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 15 runs in 2.3 over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed just for 7 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to batsman handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 63 runs with Kusal Perera for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 78 runs in 9.4 over, Charith Asalanka dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 27 balls, next batsman Avishka Fernando came to bat, after few moments the third wicket has gone for 86 runs in 10.3 over, Kusal Perera dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 25 balls, followed by Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat, meanwhile Avishka Fernando also dismisseed just for 4 runs as fouth wicket in 11.5 over, the team score was 90 runs, next batsman Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 4 runs in 2 balls as fifth wicket, the team score was 94 runs, followed by Dasun Shanaka came to bat, and played well with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the sixth wicket has gone for 134 runs in 17.4 over, Dasun Shanaka has dismissed after scoring 12 runs in 19 balls, next batsamn Chamika Karunaratne came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 9 runs with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Bhanuka Rajapaksa played an unbeaten inning of 33 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 26 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka batted first after losing the toss scored 154 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 155 runs for Australia.
Australian bowlers performed very brilliantly, Adam Zampa took 2 wickets just for 12 runs in his spell, Mitchell Starc 2 wickets just for 27 runs, and Pat Cummins also got wickets for 34 runs.
Australia chasing 155 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in the 17th over and won the match by 7 wickets. Australia started the inning very brilliantly, David Warner and Aaron Finch came to start the inning and gave brilliant start with a half-century partnersip of 70 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 70 runs in 6.5, Aaron Finch dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 37 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundries in just 23 balls, next batsman Glenn Maxwell came to bat, and he dismissed just for 5 runs as the second wicket in 8.3 over, the team score was 80 runs, followed by Steven Smith came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with David Warner for the third wicket, the third wicket has gone for 130 runs, David Warner has dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 65 runs with the help of 10 boundaries in just 42 balls, next batsman Marcus Stoinis came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis played a quick unbeaten inning of 16 runs in just 7 balls, and Steven Smith played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 28 runs in 26 balls. In this way, Australia chasing 155 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for loss of just 3 wickets in 17th over and won the match ver easily by 7 wickets.
Sri Lankan bowlers Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets and Dasun Shanaka got 1 wicket.
Australian bowler Adam Zampa was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 2 wickets just for 12 runs in his spell.
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