The 15th Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022 was played today between Sri Lanka vs Ireland at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. In which Sri Lanka won the match by 9 wickets.
Ireland batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, Harry Tector played a brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in 42 balls, Paul Stirling also played a brilliant inning of 34 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundries in just 25 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, George Dockrell dismissed just for 14 runs in 16 balls, Lorcan Tucker 10 runs in 11 balls, Gareth Delany dismissed just for 9 runs, Curtis Campher 2 runs, Andrew Balbirnie 1 run, Mark Adair dismissed without scoring, Simi Singh remains unbeaten for 7 runs, and Barry McCarthy also remains unbeaten for 2 runs. In this way, Ireland scored 128 runs after losing just 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 129 runs in front of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets just for 19 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets for 25 runs, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, and Binura Fernando got 1-1 wicket.
Sri Lanka chasing 129 runs in the second inning achived the target very easily by losing just 1 wicket in 15 overs, Sri Lanka started the inning very strongly, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva came to start the inning and gave a very brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 63 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 63 runs in 8.2 over, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 31 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 25 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Kusal Mendis, Kusal Mendis played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 43 balls, and Charith Asalanka also played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 31 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in just 22 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka chased the target very easily by losing just 1 wicket in just 15 overs and won the match by 9 wickets.
Ireland's bowler Gareth Delany got 1 wicket for 28 runs.
Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 43 balls.
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