Sri Lanka, who have already secured their place in the ODI World Cup scheduled to be played in India, registered a resounding victory over the West Indies by 8 wickets. (More Cricket News)
Opening batters Pathum Nissanka (104) and Dimuth Karunaratne (83) did the bulk of the damage to chase down 243 after Keacy Carty (87) had dragged Windies to a r𓄧espectable target.
Sri Lanka, who have already secured their place in the ODI World Cup scheduled to be played in India, registered a resounding victory over the West Indies by 8 wickets. (More Cricket News)
Ind𝔍ia's Asian 🎃neighbours will face the Netherlands in the final on Sunday.
After being asked to bat first, We🀅st Indies rode on Keacy Carty's 87 while reeling at 81-5 at one stage despite starting strongly.
Maheesh Theekshana drew first blood, removing Brandon King, who made 10 off 18 balls. The wily spinner went on to re🐬move Shamarh Brooks, Shai Hope and Romadio Shepherd, registering overall figures of 4-34 fro🔯m his 10 overs.
With wickets tumbling around him, Carty paced his🐠 innings well and struck 6 fours and 1 six during his time at the crease. His performance helped the Windies post a respectab🤪le total of 243.
The run chase saw Pathum Nissanka (104) and Dimuth Karunaratne (83) put on 🅺a 190-run opening stand before the latter was dis🍨missed by Hosein.
West Indies captain Shai Hope tried his best to dismiss the pair rotating overs through six bowlers, but to no avail, a🏅s the batters brought up their 150-run partnership in the 28th over.
Nissanka reached his hundr𝔉ed with less than 20 overs left before being dismissed by Kevin Sinclair off the bowling ꩵof Roston Chase.
The ⛎fall of both openers' wickets, however, did not stop Sri Lanka's run flow, as Kusal Mendis took over the run-scoring reins, bringing up his team's 200.
After Karunaratne was dismissed, Mendi🅷s and Samarawickrama chased down the total with 34 balls re𒊎maining.sl