Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, 38th Match : Sri Lanka cricket team defeated Netherlands by 83 runs in the 38th match of T20 World Cup 2024 played in St. Lucia. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored a huge score of 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Charit Aslanka and Kusal Mendis played tremendous innings. In response, the Netherlands team was bowled out for 118 runs. However, this match did not have much significance. Sri Lanka's team was already out of the tournament. At the same time, Netherlands was also out with Bangladesh's victory against Nepal.

Earlier, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and decided to bowl. Sri Lanka, who came to bat first, suffered the first blow on just the second ball. Opener Pathum Nissanka returned to the pavilion without opening his account. After this, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjay de Silva batted very aggressively. Mendis scored 46 runs with the help of 5 fours in 29 balls and Dhananjay de Silva played an innings of 34 runs in 26 balls.

Angelo Mathews and Charit Aslanka played stormy innings

In the middle order, experienced Angelo Mathews and Charit Aslanka also adopted an aggressive approach. Mathews scored unbeaten 30 runs off 15 balls and Aslanka scored 46 runs off 21 balls with the help of 1 four and 5 sixes. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga also scored unbeaten 20 runs off 6 balls and took the team's score beyond 200.

Netherlands had a good start while chasing the target. The opening pair of Max O'Dowd and Michael Levitt added 45 runs for the first wicket. Levitt scored 31 runs off 23 balls but as soon as he was out, the Netherlands' innings faltered. After this, only captain Scott Edwards struggled for some time and scored 31 runs off 24 balls but the rest of the batsmen kept returning to the pavilion one by one and the team had to face defeat. With this victory, Sri Lanka remained at the third position in Group D and the Netherlands team finished at the fourth position.