New Delhi: The Sri Lankan team led by Dasun Shanaka made a spectacular performance by defeating the Netherlands (SL vs NED) on Thursday to enter the Super-12 of the T20 World Cup 2022. Sri Lanka beat Netherlands by 16 runs to make their place. After this defeat, the eyes of the players of the Netherlands will be on the Namibia vs UAE match.
In fact, if the UAE beats Namibia, the Netherlands will become the second team to reach the Super-12. On the other hand, if Namibia wins the match against UAE, then it will make its place in the Super-12. Let us tell you, this is the first defeat of the Netherlands in this World Cup.
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In this match, Shanaka won the toss and decided to bat first. Opener Kusal Mendis played a stormy innings of 79 runs. In this match, Sri Lanka scored 162 for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Mendis faced 44 balls and hit 5 fours and five sixes in his innings. Apart from him, Aslanka played an innings of 31 runs.
At the same time, opener Max O’Dowd played an unbeaten innings of 71 runs for the Netherlands team chasing the target of 163 runs. However, this innings of his did not work much, as he could not get the support of any batsman from the other end. Netherlands could manage only 146 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. Wanindu Hasaranga took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka.