The web is going nuts as 2019 World Cup champs England were surged by Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru by a big margin of 8 wickets on Thursday (October 26). Lahiru Kumara and Angelo Mathews bowled intense spells to slice through England’s strong batting lineup as Sri Lanka bundled out the protecting champs for a paltry 156 worldwide Cup match. Bollywood star Ayushman Khurana was shell-shocked after England’s uncharacteristic efficiency in addition to all the fans on web and he published a Tweet for the exact same which left everybody in laughter. (Watch: ‘This One Is Robbery’, Sadeera Samarawickrama Catch To Dismiss Chris Woakes Goes Viral After Umpiring Controversy Erupts)
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Yeh England ki batting ko kya ho gaya ben stirs? #ENGvsSL #WorldCup 2023
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) October 26, 2023
Ben Stokes scored the greatest for England at 43 off 73 shipments. Jonny Bairstow contributed 30 while other batters failed versus Sri Lanka’s bowling attack. Lahiru Kumara bagged 3 wickets for Sri Lanka while experienced Angelo Mathews scalped 2 wickets yielding simply 14 runs.
Deciding to bat initially, England openers Dawid Malan and Bairstow offered their group a strong start as the duo collected 44 runs in under 6 overs. Angelo Mathews drew the very first blood as he got rid of Malan for 28 runs in the seventh over of the video game.
Kasun Rajitha offered England a huge blow as he dismissed well-set batter Bairstow for 30. The safeguarding champs kept losing wickets at routine periods. England batters attempted a more standard technique however that too was inadequate to ward off Sri Lanka bowling.
Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes attempted to keep the scoreboard ticking through songs and periodic border. Mathews bagged his 2nd wicket of the match as he scalped Moeen Ali in the 25th over of the video game. Stokes knocked a couple of borders to alleviate pressure from his group. With Stokes leaving in the 31st over, England’s hope of installing a huge overall suffered an obstacle.
Maheesh Theekshana made fast work of the protecting champs’ lower order, taking the wicket of Mark Wood to bowl England out for 156.
Quick rating: England 156 (Ben Stokes 43, Jonny Bairstow 30; Lahiru Kumara 3-35) vs Sri Lanka. (With ANI inputs)