Sri Lanka are lastly on the board in World Cup 2023. After dropping their first three matches, they’ve crushed the Netherlands who went down combating within the nineteenth match of the event. The islanders chased down the goal 263 within the forty ninth over of the innings with Sadeera Samarawickrama shining with the bat.
Earlier, the Netherlands opted to bat after successful the toss however had been left reeling earlier than the midway mark in their innings. Kasun Rajitha and Dilshan Madhushanka ran by means of their line-up to depart them struggling at 91/6. This is when the duo Sybrand Engelbrecht joined arms with Logan van beek to resurrect the innings. Both the batters performed very neatly rotating the strike and made positive to get their eyes in.
They punished the hit-me delvieries stitching a 130-run partnership for the seventh wicket breaking the report of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja who had added 116 runs within the semifinal of World Cup 2019 towards New Zealand. Their partnership ensured that the Dutch crossed the 250-run mark with ease ultimately ending up at 262 runs earlier than getting bundled out.
The rating was aggressive given Sri Lanka’s inconsistent batting line-up and throughout the powerplay, the Netherlands struck twice dismissing Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera. However, Samarawickrama had different concepts as he first added 52 runs with Pathum Nissanka after which took Charith Asalanka by his facet to take his staff nearer to the goal.
The Netherlands bowlers tried their greatest all through the innings however could not set off a collapae. Their off-spinner Aryan Dutt bowled properly to finish with figures of three/44 however not one of the different bowlers had been efficient sufficient. Samarawickrama stood within the center like a rock whilst issues bought tough at one stage. He made positive to hold round until the top as Sri Lanka reached residence within the forty ninth over with five wickets in hand registering their first factors on this World Cup.
