Sri Lanka narrowly beat Netherlands, ending their World Cup journey.
Saint Vincent (Urdu Point News Latest - NNI. June 19, 2024) In the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh qualified for the Super Eight stage by defeating Nepal, while Sri Lanka easily defeated the Netherlands in St. Vincent. In the match played, Nepal won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first. The Bangladesh team lost the wicket of Tanzid Hasan on the very first ball of the innings and after that the entire batting line failed and piled up for 106 runs. done
The failure of the Bangladeshi batting line can be gauged from the fact that no batsman could score even 20 runs and Shakib Al Hasan was the most successful batsman with 17 runs. Rohit Poodle took two wickets.
A seemingly easy target did not look difficult for Nepal, but a devastating spell by Rasghan Hasan turned the tide of the match in favor of Bangladesh.
The opening spell of the organization was a watchable affair and he took two maidens in the first four overs and took 4 wickets for 7 runs to destroy Nepal's top order while Mustafiz also completed the work of Asif Sheikh for 26 runs. But after the fall of five wickets, Nepal's Kaushal Malla and Deepinder Singh came to the wicket and both of them played turns of 27 and 25 runs respectively and added 52 runs for the sixth wicket to make the match sensational. Making use of the experience, both the batsmen set on the wicket moved while Shakib took two wickets in the same over and wrapped Nepal's checkerboard at 85 runs.
The team took four wickets, Mustafiz took 3 for 7 runs and Shakib took two wickets. Bangladesh won the match by 21 runs and reached the Super Eight stage. On the other hand, in the match played in St. Lucia, Sri Lanka easily defeated the Netherlands, which also ended their journey in the World Cup.
Netherlands won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, but this decision proved to be wrong and Sri Lanka posted a total of 201 runs on the scoreboard in 20 overs. Mendes scored 46 off 29 while Dhananjaya De Silva scored 34 and Angelo Mathews scored 30 off 15 balls. Chasing the target, the Netherlands team was bundled out for 118 runs. Michael Lovett and captain Scott Edwards played 31 and 31 runs respectively. But the rest of the batting line collapsed in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers. Nuvan Thusara of Sri Lanka took three wickets while captain Vinandu Hasaranga and Mathisha Pathirana took two wickets each. Sri Lanka won the match by 83 runs.
