SL vs AUS T20 World Cup Yesterday Match Result: Who won yesterday’s match in Sri Lanka vs Australia, England vs Italy, Afghanistan vs UAE T20 World Cup league match, know the full result of the match, important moments and highlights here.
SL vs AUS T20 World Cup Match Result: In the Group B match played on Monday, 16 February, Sri Lanka defeated world champion Australia by 8 wickets. After this defeat, the Australian team’s journey in the tournament is almost over. Now his hopes rest on Zimbabwe’s performance. If Zimbabwe beats Ireland in Tuesday’s match, Australia will be completely out of the tournament.
Group B match at Pallekkal Stadium
In this Group-B match played at Pallekele Stadium, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. The Australian team was all out for 181 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Sri Lanka achieved the target of 182 runs by losing 2 wickets in just 18 overs.
Pathum Nissanka’s century, first hundred of the tournament
Pathum Nissanka was the hero of Sri Lanka’s victory. He scored unbeaten 100 runs on 52 balls. His innings included 10 fours and 5 sixes. This was also the first century of this tournament. At the same time, Kushal Mendis also played an important inning of 51 runs in 38 balls. Marcus Stoinis took 2 wickets for Australia.
Australia’s batting: Head and Marsh’s half-century partnership
For Australia, Travis Head scored 56 runs and Mitchell Marsh scored 54 runs. There was a century partnership between the two. Apart from these, Josh English contributed 27 runs and Glenn Maxwell contributed 22 runs. For Sri Lanka, Dushmantha Chameera took 2 wickets, while Dushan Hemanth took 3 wickets.
Super-8 race: Australia’s hopes rest on Zimbabwe
With this victory, Sri Lanka secured a place in the Super-8. At the same time, the situation in Australia is very bad. The Kangaroos now have to win their last match against Oman. Also, he will have to hope that Zimbabwe loses both its remaining matches. If Zimbabwe loses to both Sri Lanka and Ireland and Australia has the best run rate in Group B, then only the Kangaroo team will be able to reach the Super-8. If Zimbabwe wins even one of its last two matches, it will book a place in the Super-8 with Sri Lanka and Australia will be eliminated.
England vs Italy Match Result: England beat Italy by 24 runs
England performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup and defeated Italy by 24 runs. By winning this match played on Monday, England has retained itself in the race for Super-8. In this Group C match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, England won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 202 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the Italian team was all out for 178 runs in 20 overs.
Will Jacques was the hero of England’s victory
Will Jacques, the hero of England’s victory, scored unbeaten 53 runs in 22 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 4 sixes. For this brilliant performance he was chosen Player of the Match. Apart from them, Tom Benton contributed 30 runs, Phil Salt contributed 28 runs and Sam Curran contributed 25 runs.
UAE vs AFG Match Result: Afghanistan defeated UAE by 5 wickets
Afghanistan registered its first win in the tournament by defeating UAE by 5 wickets in the 28th match of the T20 World Cup. In the first match of the day played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday, the Afghan team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, UAE scored 160 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs and gave Afghanistan a target of 161 runs.
Afghanistan achieved the target in 19.2 overs
In reply, Afghanistan team achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 19.2 overs. Azmatullah Omarzai was the biggest hero of Afghanistan’s victory. He took 4 wickets. After this, he also showed excellence in batting and scored unbeaten 40 runs on 21 balls. He was chosen Player of the Match for his excellent all-round game.
Group D Points Table Update
After this victory, Afghanistan has reached third position in the points table of Group-D. Whereas UAE has slipped to fourth place. Both the teams have 2-2 points in 3 matches, but Afghanistan is one place higher due to better run rate.