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SriLanka vs Ireland Highlights: Kusal Mendis, spinners star as SriLanka romp to 9-wicket win to begin Super 12 campaign – Watch Highlights

SriLanka vs Ireland Highlights: Kusal Mendis, spinners star as SriLanka romp to 9-wicket win to begin Super 12 campaign – Watch Highlights

SriLanka vs Ireland LIVE Score: ICC T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE – SriLanka win by 9 wickets:  Asia Cup champions SriLanka began their T20 World Cup Super 12s campaign with a stunning 9-wicket win over Ireland on Sunday. Kusal Mendis smashed a fine 68 to seal the chase with five overs to spare. Earlier, Wanindu Hasaranga […]

SriLanka vs Ireland LIVE Score: ICC T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE – SriLanka win by 9 wickets:  Asia Cup champions SriLanka began their T20 World Cup Super 12s campaign with a stunning 9-wicket win over Ireland on Sunday. Kusal Mendis smashed a fine 68 to seal the chase with five overs to spare. Earlier, Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana starred with the ball to keep Ireland to 128 in their 20 overs in Hobart. Watch SL vs IRE LIVE Streaming on Disney+Hotstar & T20 World Cup LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

SriLanka vs Ireland Highlights: Kusal Mendis, spinners star as SriLanka romp to 9-wicket win to begin Super 12 campaign – Watch Highlights

Chasing 129 to win in a cold breezy morning in Hobart, Kusal Mendis smashed a stunning half-century to seal a comfortable win for SriLanka. Mendis and partner Dhananjaya de Silva put on a 58-run partnership at the top of the order to set the ball rolling.

De Silva was dismissed for 31 but Mendis continued his aggressive ways, reaching his half-century off just 37 balls. He was joined by Asalanka who played the perfect foil. The left-hander got off to a slow start, before going berserk in the end. With fine margins separating the teams, SriLanka pushed on to improve their net-run rate, and sealed the chase with five overs to spare.

SriLanka vs Ireland Highlights: Kusal Mendis, spinners star as SriLanka romp to 9-wicket win to begin Super 12 campaign - Watch Highlights

Earlier, Ireland captain Any Balbirnie won the toss and chose to bat first. The decision did not pay much dividends with Lahiru Kumara cleaning up the Irish skipper. Paul Stirling kept the runs flowing from one end but they were tied at the other end with Maheesh Theekshana and pacers bowling tight lengths and striking wickets at regular wickets. Harry Tector was the only one to get going as he managed a sedate 45. Hasaranga starred with two wickets late and Ireland could only muster 128.

SriLanka innings scorecard

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Kusal Mendis (WK) Not out 68 43 5 3 158.14
Dhananjaya de Silva c Lorcan Tucker b Gareth Delany 31 25 2 1 124.00
Charith Asalanka Not out 31 22 2 0 140.91
Extra 3 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 0)
Total 133/1 (15)
Yet To Bat KNA BandaraB RajapaksaD ShanakaW HasarangaC KarunaratneM TheekshanaL KumaraB Fernando
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Josh Little 4 0 45 0 11.25
Mark Adair 2 0 16 0 8.00
Barry McCarthy 2 0 16 0 8.00
Gareth Delany 4 0 28 1 7.00
Curtis Campher 1 0 8 0 8.00
Simi Singh 2 0 20 0 10.00
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
D de Silva 1-63 8.2

Ireland Innings SCORECARD

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Paul Stirling c B Rajapaksa b D de Silva 34 25 4 1 136.00
Andy Balbirnie (C) b L Kumara 1 5 0 0 20.00
Lorcan Tucker (WK) b M Theekshana 10 11 1 0 90.91
Harry Tector c D Shanaka b B Fernando 45 42 2 1 107.14
Curtis Campher c C Asalanka b C Karunaratne 2 4 0 0 50.00
George Dockrell b M Theekshana 14 16 0 0 87.50
Gareth Delany c C Karunaratne b W Hasaranga 9 6 1 0 150.00
Mark Adair c C Karunaratne b W Hasaranga 0 1 0 0 0.00
Simi Singh Not out 2 3 0 0 66.67
Barry McCarthy Not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extra 2 (b 1, w 1, nb 0, lb 0)
Total 120/8 (19)
Yet To Bat Josh Little
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Binura Fernando 3 0 21 1 7.00
Lahiru Kumara 2 0 12 1 6.00
Maheesh Theekshana 4 0 19 2 4.75
Chamika Karunaratne 4 0 29 1 7.25
Wanindu Hasaranga 4 0 25 2 6.25
Dhananjaya de Silva 2 0 13 1 6.50
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
Andy Balbirnie 1-2 1.1
Lorcan Tucker 2-26 4.4
Paul Stirling 3-55 8.4
Curtis Campher 4-60 9.6
George Dockrell 5-107 16.5
Harry Tector 6-117 17.6
Gareth Delany 7-117 18.1
Mark Adair 8-118 18.4

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little

Sri Lanka XI:Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Asalanka, Bandara, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shanaka, Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.

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