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SYDNEY: Pathum Nissanka slammed 67 before Sri Lanka collapsed to 141-8 at the Twenty20 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday (Nov 5), in a game England must win to make the semi-finals.
:Sri Lanka have included veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews and uncapped bowler Dunith Wellalage in their 15-man Twenty20 World Cup squad, which will be captained by Wanindu Hasaranga, the country's selection committee said on Thursday.
Pacer Matheesha Pathirana, who is recuperating from a hamstring niggle, was on Thursday named in Sri Lanka's squad for next month's T20 World Cup, which will be led by Wanindu Hasaranga, who is also returning from an injury. On May 5, Chennai Super Kings' Pathirana was ruled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League with a hamstring injury and the pacer returned to Colombo for rehabilitation process. Pathirana played just six matches for CSK in IPL 2024 and took 13 wickets at an economy rate of 7.68.
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) newly-appointed Chairman of Selectors Upul Tharanga on Thursday announced batter Dhananjaya de Silva as the new captain of the Test team. The immediate concern is to fix the top-order concerns and poor fielding that contributed to SL's poor performance in the recent ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, in which they placed at ninth with just two wins in nine matches, reported Sri Lanka Cricket. Also, batter Kusal Mendis (ODIs) and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga (T20Is) are being looked at as captains in white-ball cricket.
The series of unusual dismissals continued during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh following Angelo Mathews becoming the first international batter ever to be ruled 'timed out'. Dhananjaya De Silva looked in good touch but he also ended up losing his wicket in a rare dismissal as Mushfiqur Rahim showed superb presence of mind to complete the stumping. On the final delivery of the 38th over, Dhananjaya stepped out of the wicket but the ball brushed his thigh and rolled towards the wicket-keeper. The batter was far away from the crease but Mushfiqur failed to collect it cleanly and ended up disturbing the stumps. However, the veteran cricketer did not lose his calm and quickly uprooted the stump to make sure that the stumping was completely properly.
Indian cricket team is riding a high now. After a stupendous performance at the Asia Cup 2023, where the Rohit sharma-led side triumphed after a commanding 10-wicket win against hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo, the group will be feeling confident going into the cricket World Cup. Mohammed Siraj's fiery spell shot out the Lankans for a mere 50 in 15.2 overs, aided by fellow pacers Hardik Pandya (3 for 3) and Jasprit Bumrah (1 for 23), while the Indians got the job done with 10 wickets in hand in 6.1 overs.
Team India had a day to remember as their bowling unit bundled out Sri Lanka for 50 in the Asia Cup 2023 final match on Sunday in Colombo. The main contribution was made by pacer Mohammed Siraj, who took six wickets and broke the backbone of Sri Lanka's batting line-up. The Hyderabad-based pacer has equalled Chaminda Vaas' record of five wickets in 16 balls vs Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup. Despite giving such a dominating performance with the ball, Team India also made an error in their fielding.
Mohammed Siraj produced a bowling spell to remember as he took six wickets including four wickets in a single over during the Asia Cup 2023 final between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday. The fourth over of the match saw Siraj concede just four runs and take four wickets but he narrowly missed out on a hat-trick. He started with the wicket of Pathum Nissanka who played a loose shot and Ravindra Jadeja pulled off a brilliant catch at backward point. Sadeera Samarawickrama played out the next ball but the third ball of the over proved to be his end as he was trapped LBW by a lethal in-swinging delivery.
It was a truly special performance from Mohammed Siraj as he completed a sensational five-wicket haul that included four wickets in one over during the Asia Cup 2023 final against Sri Lanka on Sunday. The Sri Lanka batters were left dumbstruck by the quality of Siraj's bowling as they had no answer for his disciplined display. After taking two wickets in the over, Dhananjaya De Silva connected with a full delivery from Siraj and with not many fielders in front of square, the fast bowler rushed towards the boundary and although he was not able to complete the save, his effort left Virat Kohli and his other teammates in splits.