T20 World Cup- SL vs NAM / Namibia defeated Asia Cup champion Sri Lanka, made a big upset

The Sri Lankan cricket team has suffered a major upset in the very first match of the T20 World Cup 2022. Namibia defeated the winning team of Asia Cup 2022 by 55 runs in the first round group match. In the match played in Geelong, the Namibian team successfully defended 163 runs and the entire Sri Lanka team was bundled out for 108 runs.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 16, 2022, 01:53 PM

T20 World Cup- SL vs NAM: The Sri Lankan cricket team has suffered a major upset in the very first match of the T20 World Cup 2022. Namibia defeated the winning team of Asia Cup 2022 by 55 runs in the first round group match. In the match played in Geelong, the Namibian team successfully defended 163 runs and the entire Sri Lanka team was bundled out for 108 runs. For Sri Lanka, skipper Dashun Shanaka top-scored with 29 runs while David Wije, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Chicago and Jane Frylink took two wickets each for Namibia.

Shikongo misses out on hat-trick

Talking about the match, the Sri Lankan team, chasing Namibia's target of 164 runs, did not have a good start. Sri Lanka's star opener Kusal Mendis (6) was run in the second over by experienced all-rounder David Wije. After this, Pathum Nisanka along with Dhananjay de Silva tried to advance the innings. But Ben Shikongo dealt a big blow to Sri Lanka in his very first over by dismissing the first Nisanka and Danushka Gunathilaka off the very next ball.

Frylink's all-round performance

Shikongo missed out on a hat-trick but took two big wickets in his first over without conceding any runs. After this Dhananjaya was caught by Frylink at the hands of Shikongo and gave Sri Lanka the fourth blow within 50 runs. Bhanuka and Shanaka tried to handle the Sri Lankan team in trouble, but Frylink, Scholtz together made both of them walk and on seeing the whole Sri Lankan team returned to the pavilion one by one and were reduced to 108 runs in 19 overs. Went.

Namibia added 70 runs for the seventh wicket

Earlier, Namibia had set a challenging target of 164 runs for Sri Lanka to win. Batting first after losing the toss, Namibia made 68 runs in the last five overs and scored 163 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. However, Namibia did not have a good start and they lost their six wickets at the score of 93. But after this, Jane Frylink (44 runs in 28 balls) and JJ Smit (31* in 16 balls) took over the team and formed a strong partnership. Both the players shared a 33-ball 70-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Pramod Madushan took the highest two wickets for Sri Lanka.