Sri Lanka beats West Indies by 20 runs in 35th Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021.
The 35th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, in which Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 20 runs.
West Indies won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, Sri Lanka batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera came to start the inning and gave a brilliant with a partnership of 42 runs, the first wicket has gone for 42 runs in second ball of the 6th over, Kusal Perera dismissed aft6er scoring 29 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat handled the inning and played a super brilliant half-century partnership of 91 runs for the second wicket with Pathum Nissanka, the second wicket has gone for 133 runs in third ball of the 16th over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in just 41 balls, followed by Dasun Shanaka came to bat, and played well with Charith Asalanka, the third wicket has gone for 179 runs in fourth ball of the 19th over, Charith Asalanka dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in just 41 balls, next batsman Chamika Karunaratne came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 3 balls with Dasun Shanaka, and Dasun Shanaka played a brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 14 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka batted first after losing the toss scored 189 runs for the loss of just 3 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 190 runs for West Indies.
West Indies bowlers Andre Russell took 2 wickets and Dwayne Bravo got 1 wicket.
West Indies chasing 190 runs in the second inning they could manage just 169 runs after losing 8 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 20 runs. West Indies started the inning very badly lost 2 wickets in just 10 runs, apart from Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer no batsman could play well, Nicholas Pooran played a brilliant inning of 46 runs with help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 34 balls, and Shimron Hetmyer played a brilliant unbeaten super quick half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 54 balls, apart from this, Chris Gayle dismissed just for 1 run, Evin Lewis 8 off 6, Roston Chase 9 off 8, Andre Russell 2 off 4, Jason Holder 8 off 5, Dwayne Bravo 2 off 3, Kieron Pollard dismissed without scoring, and Akeal Hosein remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, West Indies chasing 190 runs in the second inning wickets keep falling one after another, and end of the result they could manage just 169 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 20 runs.
Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliantly, Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets just for 19 runs, Binura Fernando took 2 wickets just for 24 runs, Chamika Karunaratne took 2 wickets for 43 runs, Dasun Shanaka got 1 wicket just for 18 runs, and Dushmantha Chameera got 1 wicket for 41 runs.
Sri Lankan batsman Charith Asalanka was selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant quick half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in just 41 balls.
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