Australians defeated Sri Lanka in a thrilling encounter thanks to World Champion Stoinis’s comeback.
Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in their second match in the T20 World Cup.
Marcus Stoinis scored a brilliant half-century in this match, on the basis of which Australia returned to the tournament.
Australia and Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup match was contested in the Super 12.
In this match, Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. Australia, the host nation, chose to bowl after winning the toss in this game.
When Sri Lanka batted first, they achieved 157 runs in their allotted 20 overs while losing 6 wickets. In response, Australia’s side scored 158 runs in 16.3 overs to win the game.
For Australia in this game, Marcus Stoinis was the hero. He used 18 balls to score 59 runs.
Teams
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood.
The MVP: Marcus Stoinis
The fastest batsman to reach fifty runs for Australia is presently Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis of Australia celebrates after victory against Sri Lanka.
His innings saw him reach fifty runs in just 17 balls, which is the fastest fifty by an Australian batsman in T20 international cricket.
Prior to Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell and David Warner both reached fifty runs in 18 balls against Pakistan and the West Indies, respectively, in 2010 and 2014.
Stoinis has never hit a fifty and won Australia before in his career.
Fastest Australia T20I fifty
In the T20 World Cup, Stoinis and Stephen Mayberg have both amassed the fastest (by balls) half-centuries.
In 17 balls, Mayberg and Stoinis each scored a fifty. The 2007 World Cup saw legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh achieve the quickest fifty in the shortest version of the game.
Yuvraj defeated England in Durban in just 12 balls to pull off this incredible achievement (Fastest Fifty in T20 Format).
Player’s Views post-match
Player’s Views post-match
Dasun Shanaka:
We had a great start and an excellent finish, but we stalled out in the middle overs. We may have missed 15 to 20 runs, in my opinion.
Fast bowlers didn’t practice enough and are returning from injuries. That is what caused them to become hurt.
Due to the new ball’s spongy bounce, it was difficult. Even Finch had trouble with the novel ball. In the latter part, they played quite well.
After being called in to bat first, Sri Lanka got off to a good start. Up until the 10th over, the innings were progressing rather smoothly, but a mini-collapse caused Sri Lanka to lose some direction.
Sri Lanka was able to reach a good total thanks to some powerful hits from Chamika Karunaratne and Charith Asalanka.
A number of the bowlers did go the distance in the final few overs, but Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Ashton Agar all kept things close and took wickets as well, assuring the break of momentum.
In response, Australia found itself a little bit chasing the game, but thanks to their middle order’s batting skills, a few players were able to get those boundaries that truly broke the back of the opposition.
Aaron Finch:
I’m overjoyed. My performance was unusually bad. I failed to strike the ball. We used a good approach with the bat. It was crucial to prepare for the back end of the inning because it was seaming a long way there.
If I had turned it on sooner, it would have been unfortunate. Overall, quite clinical. It was challenging for them to bowl the length. It’s difficult to stand and deliver on such a wide space. Nice to have both points.
It was a really exceptional inning. (Stoinis) The most important thing is to declare that intention. In T20 cricket, having that presence of the crease when you come out to bat is half the battle won.
Australia won with 21 balls left. Chasing a tricky score, the defending champions didn’t get off to an excellent start.
They didn’t hit a single boundary in 7 overs and the score read 38/1 with both the batters – Finch and Marsh – struggling to get the timing right. Wanindu Hasaranga, the Sri Lanka’s best bowler of the tournament was introduced into the attack and the Islanders would have been the happier side as the lone left-hander in the top order also had been removed. He admitted 15 runs off his opening over.
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