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Sri Lanka has defeated Ireland by 20 runs. In this match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the Sri Lankan team, batting first, had scored 163 runs, in response the Irish team could score only 143 runs. The Irish team was also on the way to victory at one time, but dropping many catches while fielding and continuous fall of wickets in the death overs became the reason for its defeat.
There was tight bowling from Ireland, but under the pressure of the death overs, their bowling collapsed and they gave away 68 runs in the last 5 overs. Because of this, Sri Lanka was able to reach a score of more than 160. Meanwhile, Barry McCarthy bowled an over of 11 balls, in which he gave away 19 runs.
Host Sri Lanka showed strength
Sri Lanka is the co-host of the 2026 T20 World Cup tournament and defeated Ireland by 20 runs in their first match of the tournament. Chasing the target of 164 runs, Ireland was in a very strong position at one time. At one time he had scored 105 runs at the loss of 2 wickets and the team was headed towards a big victory.
After this, the Sri Lankan spinners wove such a web that all the remaining 8 wickets of Ireland fell within the next 38 runs. Especially Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahish Teekshana did not give the Irish batsmen a chance to open their hands at all and took three wickets each. Mathisha Pathirana proved to be expensive, but he was also successful in dismissing 2 batsmen.
Earlier, while batting for Sri Lanka, Kamindu Mendis played a brilliant inning of 44 runs in 19 balls, helping Sri Lanka reach the score of 163 runs. Kusam Mendis also remained unbeaten after playing a half-century innings.
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