The T20 world cup 2022 opening match have been played between Sri Lanka and Namibia at GMHBA stadium in Australia. In this article, we will update our visitors about Namibia vs Sri Lanka ICC t20 world cup 2022. In the group stage match, Namibia outclassed Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and win by 55 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and invited their opposition to bat first. Playing first Namibia scored 163/7 runs in 20 overs.
And put a challenging target of 164 runs for Sri Lanka. In response. The Sri Lankan team gets a bad start and loose early 3 wickets in the powerplay putting them under pressure. Sri Lankan players played a bad shot they hit the ball in the air, got caught, and headed back to the dressing room. The whole Sri Lankan team bowled out on just 108 runs in the 19th over of the inning.
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Sri Lanka became one of the favorite teams in this world cup. As they won the Asia cup 2022 title last month in UAE. And also Sri Lanka beat India and Pakistan in the Asia cup 2022 last month. Still, they upset everyone with their performance in the world cup opening match against Namibia. When losing by 55 runs margin in the group stage match.
Jan Frylinck win the player of the Match title as he played a match-winning performance for his team. He scored 44 runs in just 28 balls with a strike rate of 157.14. Which help his team fight a total of 164 runs for Sri Lanka. In the bowling, he bowled 4 overs and gave just 26 runs. And got 2 important wickets for Dhananjaya de Silva and captain Dasun Shanaka for his team.
Sri Lanka and Namibia both played their first match on the group stage. After winning against Sri Lanka now Namibia is in the top position of Group A with the highest net run rate of +2.75 and Sri Lanka is in the last with the lowest net run rate of -2.75. Sri Lanka must win their remaining matches against UAE and Netherlands to qualify for the super 12 stages.