In the first match of the T20 World Cup played on Thursday, Sri Lanka defeated Oman by 105 runs. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored a huge score of 225 runs in 20 overs. This is the biggest score so far in this edition. Pawan Ratnayake scored a half-century at a strike rate of 214 and captain Dusun Shanka scored a half-century at a strike rate of 250. Chasing the target, Oman could score only 120 runs in 20 overs.
This is the second biggest win of the Sri Lankan cricket team on the basis of runs. Let us tell you that in the history of T20 World Cup, the record of biggest win on the basis of runs is also in the name of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had won against Kenya by 172 runs in 2007, a record which no one has been able to break till date.
3 Sri Lankan batsmen hit fifties
Batting first, Sri Lanka did not have a very good start, the team lost the wickets of both the openers in the powerplay. Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring 13 runs and Kamil Mishara was out after scoring 8 runs. After this, there was a partnership of 94 runs between Kushal Mendis and Pawan Ratnayake, both of them completed fifty. Mendis scored 61 runs in 45 balls with the help of 7 fours and Pawan scored 60 runs in 28 balls at a strike rate of 214. In this he hit 1 six and 8 fours.
The captain scored a half century at a strike rate of 250.
After this, captain Dasun Shanka played a quick inning and took the score beyond 200, he played a quick inning of 50 runs in 20 balls. In this he hit 5 sixes and 2 fours. Kamindu Mendis played an important role in taking the score to 225 by scoring 19 runs in 7 balls.
Oman could score 120 runs
While chasing the target, Oman had a very bad start, 3 wickets fell at the score of 36. Captain Jatinder Singh was out after scoring 1, Aamir Kaleem 5 and Hammad Mirza scored 9 runs. Mohammad Nadeem, who came at number four, struggled a little, but it was not enough. He made a partnership of 42 runs with Wasim Ali (27) for the fourth wicket. After Wasim’s dismissal, no other batsman could even touch double figures. Nadeem remained unbeaten after scoring 53 runs. In this innings played in 56 balls, he hit 1 six and 3 fours.
