T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga star as Sri Lanka knock out West Indies with 20-run win
ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Sri Lanka beat the defending champions West Indies by 20 runs of their last Super 12 match to log off their marketing campaign on a excessive in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Charith Asalanka was the chief architect of Sri Lanka’s win over the West Indies in Abu Dhabi (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSri Lanka (189/3) beat West Indies (169/8) by 20 runs in Abu DhabiThe defeat formally knocked out the defending champions WI from the T20 World Cup 2021WI have failed to succeed in the T20 World Cup semifinals for the primary time in 10 yearsSri Lanka signed off in model from the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 on Thursday with a complete 20-run win over the defending champions West Indies of their last match of the Super 12 in Abu Dhabi.
The 2014 champions overcame a valiant 81 not out from Shimron Hetmyer and 46 from Nicholas Pooran to defend 190 on the Zyed International Stadium to complete fourth in Group 1 behind England, Australia and South Africa with 4 factors.Former Windies skipper Dwayne Bravo, who was enjoying his last worldwide match for the West Indies, contributed with simply 2 runs with the bat however took a wicket to complete with 78 in his 15-year profession that included two T20 World Cup titles in 2012 and 2016.WI vs SL, T20 World Cup: HighlightsShimron Hetmyer waged a lone battle in the direction of the tip of the innings however the goal was simply too huge for the Windies to even get near on the night time.The win was Sri Lanka’s second in the primary attract an in any other case disappointing marketing campaign for the younger workforce below all-rounder Dasun Shanaka whereas the Windies failed to succeed in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the primary time in 10 years.Earlier, Sri Lanka batters performed with freedom and aptitude to arrange a frightening 190-run goal for the West Indies within the T20 World Cup right here on Thursday.The pitches in Abu Dhabi have proved to be the very best throughout the three venues and in-form Pathum Nissanka (51 off 41) and Charith Asalanka (68 off 41) loved batting on the floor, taking Sri Lanka to 189 for 3 with a 91-run stand.Nissanka performed some outrageous strokes en route his third half-century of the match.If the swap hit was not daring sufficient, the opener walked approach throughout the off stump to whip Ravi Rampaul in the direction of backward sq. leg for a boundary. Asalanka too struck a elegant half-century and one of many highlights of his innings was a straight slog sweep off Dwayne Bravo for a six.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
