New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka in Bangalore to virtually secure their place in the semi-finals
Pakistan's dream of reaching the semi-finals almost ended, with New Zealand virtually assured of a place in the semi-finals by defeating Sri Lanka in Bangalore. New Zealand achieved the target given by Sri Lanka in the 24th over for the loss of 5 wickets, thus not only the Kiwis got the most important victory, but also the run rate of New Zealand improved a lot.
Dion Conway scored 45, Rachin Ravindra scored 42 and Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 43 to lead his team to victory, while Mathews stood out with 2 wickets for Sri Lanka. After the victory against Sri Lanka, New Zealand is at the fourth position on the points table with 10 points and the best net run rate of 0.07, while Pakistan is at the fifth position on the points table with 8 points and a net run rate of 0.04. Is.
To reach the semi-finals, Pakistan will have to either beat England by 287 runs, or achieve the target given by England in just 16 balls, otherwise Pakistan's journey in the current World Cup will be over. It should be noted that in the 41st match of the ICC World Cup, Sri Lanka gave New Zealand a target of 172 runs to win. In the match played at the M.Channaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru, the openers of the Sri Lankan team, who batted first on the invitation of the Kiwi captain, failed to give the team a good start. Ran proved to be a guest.
Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva tried to push the team's score forward but Sri Lanka's sixth wicket fell to 104 runs in 16.4 overs when Angelo Mathews was caught out for 16 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva was caught out after scoring 19 runs. Karuna Ratne was caught out after scoring 6 runs. Dushmantha Perera was dismissed for one run in the 32nd over. In the 10th wicket partnership, Mahesh Thiekshana and Dilshan Madhushanka put on a partnership of 43 runs, but Madhushanka lost the wicket.
For New Zealand, Trent Boult took 3, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra and Lockie Ferguson took 2, 2 while Tim Southee took one wicket. . Earlier, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to field first. He said that there were overcast conditions and therefore wanted to field first. On this occasion, Sri Lankan captain Kaushal Mendis said that they would have decided to field first after winning the toss, but they will try to qualify directly for the Champions Trophy by winning the match.
Both teams made one change in the squad, with New Zealand replacing Lockie Ferguson with Ish Sodhi while Sri Lanka replaced Kisan Rajitha with Chimera in the playing XI. The Sri Lankan squad consisted of captain Kaushal Mendes, Dimuth Karunaratne, Patham Nissanka, Sidira Samara Wickrama, Charith Asalinka, Dushan Hemantha, Angelo Mathews, Mahesh Thiekshana, Chamika Karunaratne and Dilshan Madhushanka while the New Zealand squad captained Kane Williamson, Dion Conway. , consisted of Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.