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World Cup: India is the first team to reach the semi-finals; Pakistan will benefit from Sri Lanka’s defeat
. Asghar Ali Mubarak.
In the 33rd match of the Cricket World Cup, India defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 302 runs.
The Indian team has become the first team to reach the World Cup semi-finals with 14 points. The defeat of Sri Lanka will benefit Pakistan. The Pakistan team is still in a position to qualify for the semi-finals.
In the World Cup, India defeated Sri Lanka by 302 runs to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. He leads with 14 points.
South Africa is second with 12 points, Australia is third with 8 points and New Zealand is also fourth with 8 points but with relatively low run rate. Sri Lanka’s defeat will benefit Pakistan as they were also candidates to reach the semi-finals,
but now they won’t be able to go beyond 8 points even if they win both their matches. Pakistan will have to hope that Sri Lanka at least win their last match against New Zealand while Afghanistan lose two of the remaining three matches and the Netherlands lose one match to give Pakistan a chance to reach the semi-finals. Mumbai In this match played at the Wankhede Stadium,
India set a target of 358 runs to the rival team, in pursuit of which the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 55 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and invited India to bat first. Lincoln bowlers started the match brilliantly by taking the wicket of Indian captain Rohit Sharma in the first over. Rohit Sharma scored 4 runs and was bowled by Madhushanka. After that,
Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill made a partnership of 189 runs and laid the foundation for a big total for the team. Both Virat Kohli and Shibman Gill failed to complete their centuries. Gill was dismissed for 92 runs on a total of 193,
while Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 88 runs on a total of 196. A partnership of 60 runs was formed between Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul for the fourth wicket, Rahul was dismissed for 21 runs for a total of 256. Shreyas Air put on a 60-run partnership with Sriyakumar Yadav’s 20 and Ravindra Jadeja’s first 12 runs. Air was dismissed for 82 runs in the 49th over.
Ravindra Jadeja scored 35 runs and was run out on the last ball of the innings. India scored 357 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. For Sri Lanka, Dilshan Madhushanka took 5 wickets while Dashmantha Chimera dismissed one player.
In pursuit of the target, the Indian bowlers collapsed on the Sri Lankan batters like in the final of the Asia Cup and the entire team was all out for 55 runs in the 20th over. Mohammad Shami gave 5 runs for 18 runs, Mohammad Siraj gave 16 runs and dismissed 3 players.
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each. Kasan Rajitha scored 14 runs, Angelo Mathews played an innings of 12 runs while Mahesh Thiekshana remained not out scoring 12 runs. Apart from him, no other player could enter into double digits.
Mohammad Shami was adjudged Man of the Match for his excellent bowling performance. With this victory, India has once again occupied the first position in the points table and qualified for the semi-finals.