T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka beat Netherlands by 8 wickets in top group, play Bangladesh in Super 12 Cricket News – Times of India

Sharjah: Sri Lanka, who have already qualified for the Super 12s, defeated the Netherlands by eight wickets in their final T20 World Cup first round match. Wanindu Hasaranga And Mahesh Dikshana On Friday, he lashed out at the opposition batsmen.
The insignificant match ended within two hours, as Sri Lanka first bundled out the opposition for 44, the sixth lowest score in T20 history, and then reached the target in just 7.1 overs.
Achievement:
Chase was a walk in the park as the opener Kusal Perera, scored an unbeaten 33 off 24 balls as he broke the Netherlands attack.
This was Sri Lanka’s third win in as many matches and they finished on top of Group A with six points. They will now take on Bangladesh in their first Super 12 match at the same venue on Sunday.
The day certainly belonged to the young Sri Lankan spinners, Hasaranga (3/9) and Theekshana (2/3), who spread their nets around the Netherlands to dismiss them in 10 overs.

Netherlands’ total of 44 runs was the second lowest in the history of the T20 World Cup.
Coming to bat, the Netherlands cheaply lost in-form opener Max O’Dowd (2) as he was run out in the first over due to a direct hit from rival skipper Dasun Shanaka.
It soon turned 19/2 as young off-spinner Mahesh Thekshana used the carrom ball to perfection as he clean bowled Ben Cooper (9).
Thikshana was on a roll as she took her second wicket in the same over, again using a carrom ball to drive Stephen Myberg (5) into the palace. At that time the Netherlands were trailing 20/3.

Sri Lanka took two wickets in the fifth over in the form of leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga (3/9).
First, he trapped Colin Ackermann (11) from the front, as the Dutch were in all sorts of trouble at 31/4.
Hasaranga similarly removed Bass de Leide (0) as Netherlands lost half their side for 32 runs.
It was a procession for the Netherlands batsmen as Roolof van der Merwe (0) and captain Peter Seelar (2) also went cheap.
The rival captain was again caught in front by Hasaranga, who put on a scintillating performance on a track to assist the spinners.
right arm fast bowler Lahiru Kumara (3/7) Then sent packing down the order, claiming three wickets in the 10th over as misfortune continued for the Netherlands, who were dismissed in just 60 balls.
Chasing, Sri Lanka lost opener Pathum Nisanka (0) in the second over, but Perera saw the team home without any fuss, as he cleaned up the Netherlands attack with the help of six boundaries in the process.
Charit Aslanka, who replaced Dinesh Chandimal, could not make much use of the opportunity as he was dismissed for six. But eventually left-hander Perera along with Avishka Fernando (2 not out) took the team home.