Panjim (Goa) [India]: India eased past Sri Lanka by seven wickets to confirm their place in the semifinals of the third T20 World Cup for the Blind played here at the Panjim Gymkhana Sports Club. India qualified for the semifinals after finishing on top of the table after the completion of the round-robin matches.
India will encounter South Africa in the first semifinals while the second semifinals will be played in between Sri Lanka and also Bangladesh. Sri Lanka won the throw as well as chosen to bat. The Indian bowlers were disciplined from the beginning and also gave the Lankan openers a tough time between. Both openers were disregarded by Sunil Ramesh in the 5th over of the innings. Ruwan Wasantha and Damith Sadruwan tried to rebuild the innings however the Indian bowlers bowled tight spells providing the batters very few opportunities to rating. They lost arches at routine intervals which limited their racking up as well as ultimately completed their innings on 137 for the loss of 8 wickets. Ruwan Wasantha racked up 40 as well as had small collaborations with Damith Sadruwan and T.D Sahan Kumara to take Sri Lanka to a decent rating. Sunil Ramesh and also Ajay Kumar Reddy took 2 wickets a piece.
Going after the target, Indian opener Prakash Jayaramaiah discovered his touch and also was racking up runs at will. He remained to score easily also after the early dismissal of vice-captain D. Venkateswara Rao. Such was the prominence of Prakash that he sewed with each other a 71-run collaboration for the second gate with Lalit Meena in which the last scored just 4 runs. Prakash retired in the 10th over when ball game read 112 and also India required simply 26 go to triumph. He scored 81 of 44 spheres with the help of 17 borders. Ajay Kumar Reddy as well as Sunil Ramesh easily ended up the video game in 11.5 overs.
The semifinals of the tournament will be played tomorrow at the Samprasiddhi Sports Estadio, Bengaluru. The matches will certainly be telecast reside on DD Sports. India will certainly play South Africa at 9 AM in the very first semifinals as well as Sri Lanka will certainly be up against Bangladesh in the various other semifinals beginning at 1 PM.
Quick Scores: Sri Lanka: 137/8 in 20 overs (Ruwan Wasantha 40, Damith Sadruwan 18; Ajay Kumar Reddy 2/18, Sunil Ramesh 2/15) vs India: 139/3 in 11.5 overs (Prakash Jayaramaiah 81, Ajay Kumar Reddy 20 *).
