Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by a huge margin of 83 runs in Match 38 of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Monday, June 17 (Sunday, June 16 Local Time), to finish their otherwise dismal campaign on a relative high. Thanks to this win, the Lankans finished in the third position in their group behind South Africa and Bangladesh against whom they lost.
Chasing 202 to win, the Netherlands got a good enough start with the openers adding 45 runs together in just four overs. However, once the partnership was broken, the floodgates opened and the entire Dutch team was bowled out for 118 in 16.4 overs. Michael Levitt and Dutch skipper Scott Edwards scored 31 each. For the Lankans, Buwan Thushara finished with figures of 3/24.
Earlier, asked to bat first after losing the toss, the Lankans did not have the ideal start but finished exceedingly well to post 201 runs on the board. They had great contributions from Kusal Mendis (46), Charith Asalanka (46), Dhananjaya de Silva (34) and Angelo Mathews (30).
Some lusty blows at the end from skipper Wanindu Hasaranga mean that the Lankans crossed the 200-run mark. For the Dutch, Logan van Beek got 2/45.
T20 World Cup 2024: SL vs NED Playing 11
Sri Lanka playing 11: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana
Netherlands playing 11: Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma
How to watch the live telecast of the SL vs NED T20 World Cup 2024 match?
Star Sports will live telecast the Sri Lanka (SL) vs Netherlands (NED) T20 World Cup 2024 match. The English commentary will be available on Star Sports 1 HD/SD and Star Sports 2 HD/SD. Meanwhile, the live Hindi commentary will be available on Star Sports Hindi HD/SD. The SL vs NED live broadcast will be available in other regional languages.