Marcus Stoinis hits fastest fifty as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets

AUS vs SL / Marcus Stoinis hits fastest fifty as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
AUS vs SL - Marcus Stoinis hits fastest fifty as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
AUS vs SL : Marcus Stoinis' stormy fifty helped defending champions Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in their second match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 played at the Perth Stadium on Tuesday. Stoinis completed his fifty off 17 balls. This is the fastest fifty by any Australian batsman in T20Is. At the same time, this is the second fastest fifty in the T20 World Cup. Yuvraj Singh of India still remains at number one. Yuvraj scored a 12-ball fifty against England in Durban in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Stoinis washed the Sri Lanka Lions well at a strike rate of 327.78.

Stoinis played a match-winning innings of 59 not out off 18 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes. The hosts, after winning the toss, bowled first, restricted Sri Lanka to 157 for 6 and then chased down the target in 16.3 overs for the loss of three wickets. This is the first win for the Kangaroos in this tournament and now Australia has also got 2 points in the points table. Australia had to face defeat against New Zealand in their first match. This is Sri Lanka's first defeat in two matches in Group 1 of Super-12. Australia have to play their next match against England in Melbourne on Friday.

Apart from Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell scored 23 runs in 12 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. At the same time, captain Aaron Finch contributed 31 not out off 42 balls and Mitchell Marsh 17 while David Warner contributed 11 runs. Sri Lanka's main bowler Wanindu Hasaranga suffered a lot today. He ended the costliest spell of his career. Hasaranga conceded 53 runs in 3 overs without taking any wicket. Dhananjay D'Silva, Mahesh Teekshana and Chamika Karunaratne got one success each.

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