Sri Lanka eliminate the defending champions from T20 World Cup

In the Group I match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka defeated the Defending champions West Indies easily leaving slim chances of them advancing to the semifinals. Sri Lanka won with a 20-run victory in the T20 World Cup game on Thursday with the knock of 68 from Young batters Charith Asalanka and a half-century by Pathum Nissanka saw off Sri Lanka to their highest total of 189-3.

In their chase, West Indies could not hold their ground against Sri Lanka’s bowlers and lost their power hitters cheaply, and were restricted to 169-8 in their 20 overs. In Group 1 England has easily sailed to the semi-finals with back-to-back wins leaving Australia and South Africa to fight it out for the last spot.