ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands by 83 runs

ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands by 83 runs

Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands by 83 runs in the 38th match of the T20 World Cup. Netherlands won the toss at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in St. Lucia and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and gave Netherlands a target of 202 runs. In reply, Netherlands was all out for 118 runs in 16.4 overs.

Sri Lanka became the second team to score 200 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 score of 200 in this World Cup so far.

Sri Lankan team remained at third place in the points table

With this win, Sri Lanka has remained at third place with 3 points after 1 win in Group-D. The Netherlands team is at the fourth position with 2 points in 4 matches and the Nepal team is at the fifth position with 1 point in 4 matches. Apart from these, South Africa is at the first position with 8 points after 4 wins in 4 matches and Bangladesh team is at the second position with 3 wins and 6 points in 4 matches.

Sri Lanka victory

Excellent batting by the batsmen: The batsmen contributed a lot to Sri Lanka's victory. Kusal Mendis and Charith Aslanka played innings of 46-46 runs for T20. Dhananjay de Silva scored 34 and Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 30. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga played an unbeaten innings of 20 runs in 6 balls in the end. Sri Lanka scored 77 runs in the last 5 overs.

Good performance by the bowlers: Sri Lanka, which came out to defend 202 runs, bowled brilliantly. Despite the Netherlands' good start, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled out the Dutch team for 118 runs in 16.4 overs.

Man of the Match

Logan van Beek was the fighter of the match. He took two big wickets in his 4-over spell. He dismissed Charith Aslanka for 46 and Dasun Shanaka for zero. However, Beek could not win.

Sri Lanka innings

Kusal Mendis and Charith Aslanka scored 46-46 runs for Sri Lanka. Dhananjay de Silva scored 34 and Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 30. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga scored an unbeaten 20 off 6 balls in the last over. Sri Lanka scored 77 runs in the last 5 overs. Logan van Beek took two wickets for the Netherlands. Tim Pringle, Vivian Kingma, Paul van Meekeren and Aryan Dutt got 1-1 wickets.

Netherland innings

The Netherlands batsmen, who came out to chase the target of 202 runs, were under pressure to score big. 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 scored 11 and Aryan Dutt scored 10 runs.

Apart from these, no other batsman could even touch the double digit mark. Sri Lankan bowlers also performed brilliantly. Nuwan Thushara took 3 wickets. Wanindu Hasaranga and Mathish Pathirana took 2-2 wickets each. Mahish Theekshana and Dasun Shanaka got 1-1 wickets.

Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands for the fourth consecutive time

This is Sri Lanka's fourth consecutive win over Netherlands. A total of 4 matches have been played between the two teams including today's match. Sri Lanka has won all the matches. Both have always clashed in the World Cup.

Playing XI of both teams

Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Aslanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Mahish Theekshana, Mathish Pathirana and Nuwan Thushara.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain), Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren and Vivian Kingma.

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