T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka vs UAE, Group A Live Updates: Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka Give Sri Lanka Solid Start

T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka vs UAE, Group A Match Live Updates: Openers Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka gave a solid start to Sri Lanka against UAE in the Group A match of the ongoing T20 World Cup, at Simonds Stadium, Geelong, on Tuesday. Sri Lanka's score currently read at 37/0, after 4.0 overs. Sri Lanka and UAE will square off against each other in Match No. 6 of the ongoing T20 World Cup. Both Sri Lanka and UAE faced a defeat in their opening clash against Namibia and Netherlands, respectively. Sri Lanka recently won the Asia Cup 2022 and their loss against Namibia was a major shock for all the fans. It will be interesting to see whether Sri Lanka will be able to redeem themselves or not. (Live Scorecard)

UAE (Playing XI): Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Kashif Daud, Vriitya Aravind(w), Aryan Lakra, Basil Hameed, Chundangapoyil Rizwan(c), Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana

2 runs.

Flighted delivery on the off stump, Pathum Nissanka pushes it to long-off for a single.

Good length delivery on the off-stump, Kusal Mendis taps it to backward point and takes a single.

Flighted delivery on the pads, Pathum Nissanka flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

No run.

FOUR! Aayan Khan starts with a loosener, short outside off, Pathum Nissanka rocks back and punches it between cover point and extra cover for a boundary.

A couple to end the over! Length ball, wide outside off. Kusal Mendis guides it past backward point for two runs now. Another good over for Sri Lanka, 9