Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 09 wickets
ICC 08th Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2022 – Australia 08th Day
Super 12 Stage – Group 01 – 02nd Day – Match 03 ( 15t Match ) – Hobart, Tasmania
Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 09 wickets with a confident allround performance to sustain momentum
Ireland electing to bat, 128 / 8 – ( 20 overs ) Harry Tector 45, Paul Stirling 34, George Dockrell 14, Lorcan Tucker 10 – Harry Tector / George Dockrell added 47 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 11 runs – Maheesh Theekshana 2 / 19, Wanidu Hasaranga 2 / 25, Chamika Karunaratne 02 catches.
Sri Lanka in reply, 133 / 1 – ( 15 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 68no ( 3×6, 5×4, 43 balls ), Charith Asalanka 31no, Dhananjaya De Silva 31 – Kusal Mendis / Dhananjaya De Silva involved in a 63 run opening stand, Kusal Mendis / Charith Asalanka put on 70 runs in an unbroken 02nd wicket partnership.
Player of the Match : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka
Super 12 Stage – Group 02 – 02nd Day – Match 04 ( 16th Match ) – Melbourne, Victoria
India beat Pakistan by 04 wickets in an action packed, error filled, heart stopping, entertaining last ball thriller
Pakistan put into bat, 159 / 8 – ( 20 Overs ) Shan Masood 52no ( 5×4, 52 balls ), Ifthikar Ahmed 51, (4×6,2×4,34 balls), Shaheen Afridi 16 – Shan Masood / Ifthikar Ahmed added 76 runs for the 03rd wicket – then lost 05 wickets for the addition of 29 runs – last 05 overs 53 / 3 – Hardik Pandya 3 / 30, Arshdeep Singh 3 / 32, Dinesh Karthik 02 victims, Bhuvneshwar Kumar & Suryakumar Yadav 02 catches each – 58 dot balls.
India in reply, 160 / 6 – ( 20 Overs ) Virat Kohli 82no ( 4×6,6×4, 53 balls ), Hardik Pandya 40 – the pair put on 113 runs for the 05th wicket – recovered from being 31 / 4 – Suryakumar Yadav 15 – last 05 overs 63 / 2 – Haris Rauf 2 / 36, Muhammad Nawaz 2 / 42, Mohammad Rizwan 02 victims & 01 run out assist – 46 dot balls.
Player of the Match : Virat Kohli – India