Sri Lanka ended defending champion West Indies바카라 slim hopes of advancing to the semifinals with an emphatic 20-run victory in their last T20 World Cup 2021 game on Thursday. (More Cricket News)
Young Charith Asalanka (68) and Pathum Nissanka (51) toyed with the seven-man West Indies attack in raising Sri Lanka바카라s highest total of 189/3.
Sri Lanka ended defending champion West Indies바카라 slim hopes of advancing to the semifinals with an emphatic 20-run victory in their last T20 World Cup 2021 game on Thursday. (More Cricket News)
Young batters Charith Asalanka (68) and Pathum Nissanka (51) toyed with the seven-man West Indies attack in raising Sri Lanka바카라s highest total of 189/3 in their final Group 1 game by slamming powerful half-centuries.
In reply, West Indies, which won the toss and elected to field, lost their power hitters cheaply before getting restricted at 169/8. Shimron Hetmyer narrowed the defeat with a fighting unbeaten 81 off 54 balls, but Sri Lanka always looked favorite to sign off from the tournament on a winning note.
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The 42-year-old Chris Gayle could score only 1, Andre Russell made only 9 while the world바카라s new No. 1 T20 bowler, leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga (2/19), clean bowled Dwayne Bravo (1) and captain Kieron Pollard for zero as West Indies lost wickets with regular intervals in a steep chase.
바카라(Hasaranga) is a gem. He바카라s a superstar in the making,바카라 Shanaka said. 바카라There바카라s a lot of cricket to be played, we have to protect him as well (but) as a captain, I back him in every situation.바카라 Inexperienced Sri Lanka bowed out of the tournament with four points in Super 12s, defeating Bangladesh and West Indies while losing to England, South Africa and Australia.
Two-time champion West Indies, having a solitary win over Bangladesh, takes on Australia in their last group game on Saturday.
바카라We have spoken time and time again, especially from a batting perspective, what we need to do as individuals and we have not done well,바카라 Pollard said. 바카라A couple of young guys are putting up their hands but the experienced guys, myself included, have not done well.바카라
West Indies had a mathematical chance to go through to the last four, but Asalanka and Nissanka combined in a brilliant 91-run second-wicket stand.
The West Indies바카라 most experienced bowler Bravo was smashed for 42 off his four overs. Bravo finally broke the stand when Nissanka holed out in the deep in the 16th over. Ravi Rmpaul and Jason Holder also couldn바카라t impress and finished with identical figures of 0/37.
The Sri Lanka fielders showed plenty of athleticism on the field with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Chamika Karunaratne holding onto stunning catches to dismiss Roston Chase and Holder, respectively.
Hetmyer, who hit eight fours and four sixes, narrowed the margin of defeat in the last three overs through some big hitting against fast bowler Karunaratne (2-43) and Dushmantha Chameera (1-41).
바카라We are not going to hide from the fact that it바카라s been disappointing for us,바카라 Pollard said. 바카라I바카라m sure all the guys are hurting in that dressing room. It바카라s something we didn바카라t see coming, but we have to face the reality.바카라