Sri Lanka star and former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowler Wanindu Hasaranga has develop into Sri Lanka’s most profitable bowler within the historical past of the T20 World Cup. The spinner achieved this milestone through the sixth match towards Eire within the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
The skilled Sri Lankan spinner at the moment pockets essentially the most wickets on this prestigious match. The one participant forward of him is Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka simply beat Eire
The island nation, which is co-hosting this 12 months’s T20 World Cup, is among the favorites to advance to the semi-finals. Nevertheless, they must cross an extended street to safe a ticket to Spherical 4. They began the season on a excessive be aware towards Eire.
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Eire performed their stage greatest to tackle Sri Lanka on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In truth, Eire bowled nicely on the house floor of the Sri Lankan nationwide cricket staff. Though Irish cricketers aren’t used to the subcontinental local weather, their bowlers nonetheless did a reasonably good job of proscribing Sri Lanka to 163. To succeed in every complete, the Islanders wanted to lose six batters.
Sri Lanka vs Eire T20 World Cup 2026 Match Abstract
Kusal Mendis was Sri Lanka’s most profitable batsman with an unbeaten 56, however Kamindu Mendis additionally supported him nicely with a blistering 44 runs off 19 balls on the finish of the innings. Till Kamindu’s aggressive batting, Eire’s bowlers had been on their toes. Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell every scored two objectives for Eire.
Eire’s batting was fairly common. In different phrases, it may be stated that Sri Lanka’s bowlers weren’t allowed to bat freely. Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahesh Teekshana made good use of the water floor. The spinner duo collectively picked a complete of six wickets. With the match-winning three-wicket spell, Hasaranga broke the file.
Eire may solely accumulate 143 runs in trade for all 10 wickets towards Sri Lanka’s 163. They gained towards Sri Lanka by 20 factors within the first match of the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Data of Wanindu Hasaranga
Hasaranga took the scalps of opening batsman Ross Adair, Eire’s quantity three batsman Harry Tector and middle-order batsman Curtis Campfer. The Lankan spinner struck 3 times through the 4 overs at an financial system charge of 6.25. Wanindu Hasaranga has 40 wickets, the second most by any particular person within the T20 World Cup. The 28-year-old additionally surpassed Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga’s file.
Most wickets in T20 WC historical past:
50 – Shakib Al Hassan
40- Wanindu Hasaranga *
39 – Shahid Afridi
38. Lasith Malinga/Rashid Khan
Sri Lanka will play their subsequent match towards Oman on February 12, adopted by simultaneous matches towards Australia and Zimbabwe.
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