Before the start of today's second match in Geelong, Sri Lanka was at the bottom of Group A in the first round. Three other countries, the UAE, Namibia, and the Netherlands rank higher than the test-playing nations. Sri Lanka complicated the normal calculation by losing to Namibia in the first match of this group. Dasun Shanaka's team kept their hopes of playing in the Super Twelve alive by defeating the UAE by 79 runs in their second match today.
UAE captain CP Rizwan won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat first. Apart from the first three batsmen in the top order, none of the Sri Lankans could reach double figures. Opener Pathum Nishanka batted for 19.5 overs at one end. Otherwise, Sri Lanka would have been in danger of being bowled out for a few runs like in the match against Namibia.
At one end, Nishanka's innings of 74 runs from 60 balls brought a fighting collection to Shanaka's team. Sri Lanka's innings were stopped at 152 runs for 8 wickets with 2 sixes and 6 fours. Kushal Mendis was dismissed for 18 and Dhananjaya De Silva for 33.
Emirates leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan put Sri Lanka in danger in the middle of the innings. In the 15th over, he took his first hat trick in the T20 World Cup. The bowler picked up Bhanuka Rajapakse, Charit Asalanka, and Dasun Shana with the fourth, fifth, and sixth balls, respectively. Sri Lanka went from 117 for 3 to 117 for 5. Sri Lanka also beat Wanindu Hararanga by 3 runs.
For the 7th wicket, Karunaratna and Nishanka failed to make a partnership of 30 runs in 23 balls. However, with the great performance of the bowlers, the Lankan captain, Shanaka, will not remember the small mistakes in batting as Emirates were bowled out for only 73 runs in 17.1 overs.
This time they batted with a target of 153 runs. This time they batted exactly the opposite way to the way the allied countries are playing in the World Cup. This time, allied countries like the Netherlands and Namibia are playing fearless cricket in batting. However, in the first over, the two Emirates openers, Chirag Suri and Muhammad Wasim started well by hitting two fours off Lankan pacer Pramod Madushan and scoring a total of 10 runs.
The Emirates did not lose any wickets in the next over. But in the third over, after the pacer Dushmant picked up Chamira Wasim and Aryan Lakra, Emirates' innings collapsed and could not stand up.
After 17 for 2 at the end of the third over, Emirates Power lost 2 more wickets in 6 overs. At the end of 6 overs, Emirates scored 23 runs for 4 wickets and was knocked out of the match. The rest was a game for the sake of playing, and after 10 overs, Emirates' score stood at 36 for 6.
Between Hasaranga and Shanakao, he was named in the list of wicket-takers. Had Ayan Afzal not scored, Emirates could have been all out for fewer runs. 14 runs by Chirag Suri.
With this win, Sri Lanka came third in their group with 2 points from 2 matches (+0.600). Shanaka's team will advance to the Super Twelve if they win their last match. The Netherlands (+0.149) are top with 4 points in 2 matches. Namibia (+1.277) is second with 2 points from 2 matches. Bottom Emirates run rate: -2.208 with 0 points from 2 matches.
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