Sri Lanka star and former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowler Wanindu Hasaranga turns into essentially the most profitable bowler for his nation within the historical past of the T20 World Cup. The spinner achieved the milestone throughout their encounter with Eire for the sixth match of the continued ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
The skilled Sri Lankan spinner now has essentially the most variety of wickets in his pocket within the prestigious match. Solely Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh is in entrance of him.
Sri Lanka’s straightforward win over Eire
Because the co-host of this 12 months’s T20 World Cup, the island nation is among the many favorites to qualify for the semi-finals. Although, to verify a ticket for the spherical of 4, they should cross an extended highway forward. By the match in opposition to Eire, they’ve begun their marketing campaign on a robust observe.
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Eire tried their stage finest to problem Sri Lanka on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Eire truly bowled nicely on the house soil of the Sri Lanka nationwide cricket group. The Irish cricketers should not habituated to the subcontinental situations, however nonetheless, their bowlers did an considerable job proscribing Sri Lanka to 163. To assert the respective complete, the island nation needed to lose 6 of their batters.
Sri Lanka vs Eire T20 World Cup 2026 match abstract
Whereas Kusal Mendis was essentially the most profitable batter for Sri Lanka by scoring an unbeaten 56, Kamindu Mendis supported him nicely on the finish of the innings with a stormy 44-run knock off 19 balls. Till the attacking batting of Kamindu, Eire bowlers have been wanting on prime of their sport. Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell claimed a brace every for Eire.
Eire’s batting was fairly odd. Another way it may be mentioned that the Sri Lankan bowlers didn’t permit them to bat freely. Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana utilized the floor very nicely. The spinner duo picked a complete of 6 wickets collectively. With the match-winning 3-wicket spell, Hasaranga refreshed the document tally.
Towards Sri Lanka’s 163, Eire manageed to build up solely 143 runs in trade for all ten wickets. Sri Lanka on their first match of the T20 World Cup 2026 by 20 runs.
Document for Wanindu Hasaranga
Hasaranga took the scalps of opener Ross Adair, Eire’s quantity three batter Harry Tector, and middle-order batter Curtis Campher. The Lankan spinner struck thrice throughout his four-over spell at an economic system charge of 6.25. Wanindu Hasaranga has 40 wickets, the second most by a person within the T20 World Cup. The 28-year-old surpassed Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga within the document tally as nicely.
Most wickets within the T20 WC historical past:
50- Shakib Al Hasan
40- Wanindu Hasaranga *
39- Shahid Afridi
38- Lasith Malinga/Rashid Khan
Sri Lanka will play their subsequent match on February 12 in opposition to Oman earlier than locking horns with Australia and Zimbabwe concurrently.
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