Sri Lanka reached Super-12 of T20 World Cup: the Netherlands lost by 16 runs, now eyes on Namibia-UAE match

After losing the first match in the T20 World Cup qualifiers, Sri Lanka made a great comeback. They beat the Netherlands by 16 runs. With this win, the 2014 champions entered the Super-12 of the Sri Lankan team. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 162 runs. The Netherlands team, chasing the target of 163 runs, could only manage 146 runs for nine wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Now see Group A maths

Sri Lanka on top - In Group A, Sri Lanka is on top of the group based on run rate with 4 points. With this, he has cemented his place in the Super-12.

The Netherlands out if Namibia wins - The hopes of going into the Super-12 of the Netherlands are fixed on the match between UAE and Namibia. Currently, with the help of two wins from the Netherlands, they are in the second number of the points table with 4 points. The team's run rate is -0.162. In such a situation, if Namibia's team beats UAE, then it will get 4 points and the team will come in Super-12 with a better run rate.

Sri Lanka won the match like this

Top-middle order scored

Playing first, the Sri Lankan openers started well. The team scored 36 runs without losing a wicket. Opener Kusal Mendis scored 79 runs. In the middle order, Charit Aslanka made 31 and Bhanuka Rajapaksa added 19 runs.

bowlers shine too

Sri Lankan bowlers have also done well. He kept on dropping the wickets of the Netherlands at regular intervals.

Sri Lanka's wicket fall

First: Vikramjit Singh got caught by Shanaka off the ball of Teekshana.

Second: Lead was caught by Kumara in the hands of Mendis.

Third: Ackerman is out for zero. He was caught and bowled by De Silva.

Fourth: Tom Cooper was clean bowled by Deeksha. Cooper was dismissed after scoring 16 runs.

Fifth: Scott Edwards was bowled by Fernandes.

Sixth: Pringle is run out. He scored 2 runs.

Seventh: Guggen is bowled by De Silva.

Eighth: Klaasen was bowled by De Silva.

Mendis' 9th fifty

Opener Kusal Mendis was dismissed for 79 runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 179.54. Mendis hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. The lead dealt a fourth blow to the Lankan team. He has got 2 wickets. This is Mendis' 9th T20 International fifty. He completed his half-century with a six.

Half-century partnership between Aslanka-Mendis

The partnership between wicket-keeper batsman Kusal Mendis and Charit Aslanka was crucial in Sri Lanka's score. There was a partnership of 59 runs for the third wicket between the two. Here Aslanka is out. Earlier, the team had lost the second wicket with a score of 36.

Van Meeckeren took two consecutive wickets

Fast bowler Van Meeckeren has bowled accurately. He gave Sri Lanka two blows in the 7th over. Meeker took two consecutive wickets. He spent 25 runs in his quota of four overs.

Sri Lanka's wickets fell like this

First: Pathum Nisanka (14) was bowled by Meekren.

Second: In the very next ball, Van Meeckeren made De Silva LBW.

Third: Charit Aslanka tries to hit the ball going out. The ball took the edge and went into the gloves of the wicketkeeper.

Fourth: Bhanuka Rajapakse caught Pringle on the lead ball.

Now see the playing XI of both teams...

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charit Aslanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Vanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, Mahesh Teekshana, Binura Fernande.

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