Highlights
- Dushmantha Chameera sustained a calf difficulty towards UAE
- Sri Lanka beat UAE by 79 runs on Tuesday of their second match
- Sri Lanka will face Netherlands on Thursday of their last group match
Sri Lank have been dealt an enormous blow of their T20 World Cup Super 12 qualification bid as star man Dushmantha Chameera is ruled out of the Netherlands conflict. Chameera who scalped three wickets towards the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday was influential in retaining Sri Lanka’s hopes for a spot within the Super 12 alive. Sri Lanka edged out UAE by 79 runs and can play the Netherlands on Thursday.
The extent of the harm continues to be unknown, however it’s initially hoped that Chameera will solely miss the Netherlands conflict with the calf downside. Chameera is but to be ruled out of the T20 World Cup because the administration now has coronary heart within the mount regarding his health with a do-or-die contest in fingers on Thursday.
There are additionally issues over Danushka Gunathilaka, who missed the UAE sport, and Pramod Madushan, with each attributable to go for scans on hamstring accidents, though Sri Lanka’s medical group are hopeful the latter’s just isn’t too critical.
Sri Lanka safe emphatic win towards UAE
After dealing with heartbreaking defeat of their respective first encounters towards Namibia and Netherlands, each Sri Lanka and the UAE had loads to play for. UAE gained the toss and opted to bowl first. Pathum Nissanka opened the proceedings with Kusal Mendis. Nissankaended up scoring a gritty 74 off 60 deliveries whereas Kusal Mendis fell prey to Aryan Lakra.
Dhananjaya de Silva scored 33 off 21 deliveries however other than him, no Lankan batsman may rating even 10 runs. Sri Lanka assigned a rating of 153 for UAE to chase. Things went haywire for UAE who got here out to chase the rating. The United Arab Emirates batsmen crumbled underneath strain as they bundled out for 73 of their quota of 20 overs.
What are the permutations?
As issues stand, Sri Lanka are third within the standings with two pints and a poor web run charge and can play the Netherlands on Thursday in Geelong. A win for them will see them go on 4 factors and can subsequently higher both Netherlands or Namibia, both on a run charge of factors.
A win subsequently will see them seal qualification to the Super 12 stage, whereas a defeat will see all of them however finish their journey within the T20 World Cup.
In extraordinary circumstances, if the rain gods aren’t form and Sri Lanka’s match gets washed out, they might face elimination if Namibia beat UAE within the different conflict. If each the matches finish in wash out, Sri Lanka will miss out on World Cup qualification as they’ve poor web run charge than Namibia and could have few factors than the Dutch.
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