The 6th match of Sri Lanka vs UAE ICC T20 World cup 2022 was played between Sri Lanka and UAE at GMHBA cricket stadium Australia. After a disappointing performance by the Sri Lankan team in their first game against Namibia. Sri Lanka makes a great comeback with their winning performance against UAE.
Toss and Match Result
UAE won the toss and offer the Sri Lankan team to bat first. Batting first Sri Lankan team was just able to manage 152/8 runs in 20 overs. It was a decent total for the opposition. In the second inning of the match when UAE comes to batting. They were struggling in front of Sri Lankan bowlers and lost 4 wickets on just 21 runs. And managed to score 23 runs in the powerplay. And the UAE all-team bowled on the first ball of the 18th over after scoring just 73 runs. Dushmantha Chameera’s fiery spell in the powerplay helps Sri Lanka to put pressure on UAE. Which UAE is not able to handle anywhere in the match. Dushmantha Chameera bowled 2 overs in the powerplay. And gave only 3 runs and also get 3 wickets which put UAE under pressure.
Player of the Match
Pathum Nissanka becomes the player of the match for his magnificent batting. He scored 74 runs in 60 balls with a strike rate of 123.33 in his 74 runs 6 boundaries and 2 maximums are included. On the 5th ball of the last over of the inning, Zahoor Khan pitched up, outside off. Nissanka gets forward and drives but is impressively caught by flying Basil Hameed at wide mid-of. It was an extraordinary effort by Basil Hameed.
Best Bowler of the Match
Wanindu Hasaranga has the best bowling figure of the match. He is the only bowler who complete his 4 overs in this match from the Sri Lankan team and gave only 8 runs in his 4 overs spell. And he also gets 3 wickets and bowls 1 over maiden. He is the only bowler who bowls a maiden over in this match from both innings. Today Another match is played between Namibia Vs Netherlands.