Sri Lanka defeated Hong Kong by 4 wickets. Pathum Nisanka was the hero of Sri Lanka’s victory, who played a brilliant innings of 68 runs. In this match, Hong Kong scored 149 runs while playing first, in response to which the Sri Lankan team achieved the target with 7 balls remaining. On the basis of this victory, Sri Lanka Group B’s points have come first in Cup Points Table.
Hong Kong’s team came to bat first, for which Nizakat Khan scored an unbeaten 52 runs. At the same time, Anshuman Rath contributed 48 runs and helped Hong Kong reach a respectable score of 149 runs.
Hong Kong lost the match won
Sri Lanka, who came to chase the target of 150 runs, started very slow. Sri Lanka lost only one wicket in the first 7 overs, but the runs scored only 40 runs. A run-rate of less than 6 was becoming difficult for Sri Lanka, but Pathum Nisanka became a taranar for her team. Nisanka contributed 68 runs, but the finishing moments of the match were dismissed.
Actually, Hong Kong left many catches in the death overs. At one time Sri Lanka had scored 119 runs at the loss of 2 wickets and the team was moving towards easy victory. As soon as the wicket fell in the 16th over, the wicket of the wicket started falling.
On seeing this, within 8 runs, Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets, while coach Sanath Jayasuriya’s forehead was also seen to be clear. Vanindu Hasranga ensured Sri Lanka’s victory by playing a cameo innings of 20 runs in 9 balls in the last moments.
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