On Tuesday in group A, the super 12 stage fixture in Perth, Australia gets its very first victory in the T20I world cup 2022.
Marcus Stoinis’s unbeatable shots lead Australia to get victory over Sri Lanka in the chase of 158 runs. Australian all-rounder Stoinis powered to knock 59 runs over 18 delivery, as a result of which Australia won the match in 16.3 overs. With a chase of 158 runs, Australia won by seven wickets.
While the pacers of Australia also contributed to the win. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Ashton Agar and Maxwell bagged a wicket each for their team in the match.
Including Stoini’s batting performance, captain AARON FINCH scored a total of 31 runs in 42 balls and Glenn Maxwell also registered an unbeaten knock of 23 runs over 12 balls.
On the other hand, the SRI LANKAN batsmen also show impressive performance in the innings. Initially, the super-hitting of Charith Asalanka helped Sri Lanka post 157 runs in 20 overs. Meanwhile, DHANANJAY DE SILVA, CAMILA KARUNARATNE AND MAHESH THEEKSHANA bagged a dismissal each for Sri Lanka. DHANANJAY DE SILVA’s shots help to register 26 runs off 23 deliveries and PATHUM NISSANKA registered 40 runs in 45 balls.
Aaron Finch, the captain of Australia says that he is very happy with everyone’s performance in the team but admits that his innings were poor. He added that the team’s approach with the bat was as it was also important for them to get through the new ball with the wicket offering assistance to the fast bowlers. He also claims that it is a tough wicket with extra bounce and even the long boundaries are making it difficult to hit the boundaries. The SRI LANKAN skipper Dasun Shanka, says that the batting line up fine and satisfying but the bowling section was quite disappointing. As The team also fell 15-20 short in their batting effort. Feels that the fast bowlers were not prepared for the pitch. But for the next match, we will prepare hard and be ready to win