That's it from our coverage of the final Group D fixture in this edition of the T20 World Cup. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and scoer/analyst Bishal Mandal. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka Captain): "After losing first two games, this win is very healthy for us.
We batted really good. We thought about putting 160-170+ on the board on this surface and anything above that, we were confident of defending it.
We lost three to four wickets in the first six overs in the first two games. We didn't lose them tonight and did well tonight.
Asalanka has a very good talent. He is batting really well in the middle order for us. He batted really well and Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva also played crucial roles to get to us that total."
Scott Edwards (Netherlands Captain): "The wicket was a little bit better than what we've been playing on throughout the World Cup so the margin of error was smaller. Credit to them they batted really well and we just didn't execute.
The shorter boundary does play a part. Its a different factor in Caribbean. We had patches throughout the tournament where we gave us chances to win games.
We had to win the game. We needed someone to play a big innings and play a significant contribution but failed to do that. After the tournament we will get back to Netherlands and reflect what could be done."
Most runs in a single T20 World Cup match without an
individual 50+ score: 366 - Australia vs England in Bridgetown, 2024 327 - South Africa vs New Zealand in Bridgetown, 2010 319 - Sri Lanka vs Netherlands in Gros Islet, 2024 -
TONIGHT 311 - Ireland vs Oman in Dharamsala, 2016
Highest team total without an individual 50+ score in T20
World Cups: 201/7 - Australia vs England in Bridgetown, 2024 201/6 - Sri Lanka vs Netherlands in Gros Islet, 2024 -
TONIGHT 200/6 - England vs India in Durban, 2007 193/7 - England vs South Africa in Chattogram, 2014 190/10 - New Zealand vs India in Johannesburg, 2007
Charith Asalanka (Player of the Match): "These were far better conditions than USA. We boys enjoyed the conditions here. The ball was coming nicely onto the bat and I tried to play my shots.
I'm enjoying my finishing role. It's a tough place to come in at number five. You come in at 100/5 and I tried to play according to the situation and conditions.
I have to improve and try to be consistent going forward. We are disappointed with the results of the first two games. But happy to get the wins."
Player of the Match: Charith Asalanka
Most wickets for Sri Lanka in Men's T20 World Cups: 38 – Lasith Malinga 37 – Wanindu Hasaranga 35 – Ajantha Mendis 19 – Angelo Mathews 18 – Maheesh Theekshana
Biggest losses for Netherlands in T20Is (by runs): 142 vs Nepal in Kirtipur, 2021 115 vs Scotland in Amstelveen, 2018 91 vs Hong Kong in Dubai, 2017 83 vs Sri Lanka in St. Lucia, 2024 - TONIGHT 82 vs Pakistan at Lord’s, 2009 71 vs Scotland in The Hague, 2024
Biggest wins for Sri Lanka in T20Is (by runs): 172 vs Kenya in Johannesburg, 2007 83 vs Netherlands in St. Lucia, 2024 - TONIGHT 82 vs Zimbabwe in Hambantota, 2012 79 vs UAE in Geelong, 2022 75 vs Bangladesh in Sylhet, 2018
9:06 AM IST, 11:36 PM Local Time: Sri Lanka end their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a consolation win by 83 runs against Netherlands.
The Dutch side won the toss, decided to bowl first with half a chance to get into the Super 8s had Nepal beaten Bangladesh and Netherlands defeating Sri Lanka. Handy knocks from Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva and Angelo Mathews along with a cameo from skipper Wanindu Hasaranga ensured Sri Lanka equaled the highest total in this edition with 201/6 on the board.
The Dutch openers started well adding 45 runs for the 1st wicket in 4.3 overs before Max O'Dowd was removed by Nuwan Thushara. Michael Levitt played the aggressor with 31 in 23 balls but an inspired Sri Lankan attack led by Thushara and skipper Wanindu Hasaranga inflicted a collapse.
Only skipper Scott Edwards with his 31 in 24 balls scored something substantial. Nepal having lost their game thrashed Netherlands' any chance of qualifying.
Thushara (3/24) was the pick of the bowlers with Matheesha Pathirana (2/12), Wanindu Hasaranga (2/25), Maheesh Theekshana (1/25) and Dasun Shanaka (1/10) helped run through the Dutch batting order.
Both the teams are knocked out of the competition having played all their group fixtures. South Africa and Bangladesh are the two sides from Group D to move forward.
W TRAPPED IN FRONT AND GIVEN OUT! Netherlands will take the review. 136.3 kph. Yorker on the middle stump, van Meekeren shuffles a long way across looking to scoop the ball but is hit on his left leg. Ball rolls towards short fine leg who hits the stumps directly but even before that the umpire had raised his finger so the ball is dead. Fair delivery, nothing on UltraEdge. 3 reds on ball tracking! Full and as straight as it can get.
16.3 N Thushara to V Kingma
1 Attempted yorker on the middle stump. Pushed to the left of cover for a single.