Pakistan almost wiped out from World Cup, New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

Bengaluru (Uttam Hindu News) – New Zealand has almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2023. The team defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in its last league match on Thursday. Thanks to the brilliant batting of Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand achieved another victory in the ODI World Cup 2023. This is the team’s 5th win in the current World Cup. With the win, New Zealand has 10 points in the points table after all the league matches while Sri Lanka is out of the tournament with 4 points after losing the last league match. At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the Kiwi team achieved the target of 172 runs for 5 wickets in 23.2 overs.

Opener Devon Conway played brilliant innings of 45 runs, Rachin Ravindra scored 42 runs and Daryl Mitchell played brilliant innings of 43 runs. Earlier, thanks to the struggling innings of Mahish Teekshana (38 not out) and his important partnership of 43 runs for the last wicket with Dilshan Madushanka (19), Sri Lanka scored a respectable score of 171 runs in 46.4 overs in the World Cup match against New Zealand on Thursday. Make. Batting first after losing the toss, Sri Lanka lost nine wickets for just 128 runs despite a quick half-century by Kusal Perera (51) and its innings seemed to be ending quickly, but Mahish Teekshana and Dilshan Madushanka took the last wicket. Played hard and made important partnerships. Now New Zealand is certain to go to the semi-finals and with this, it is now almost impossible for Pakistan to go to the semi-finals.