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Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

In the match number 39 of the ICC World Cup 2019, Sri Lanka faced West Indies at the Riverside Ground in Chester Le Street. Sri Lanka won the match by 23 runs and Avishka Fernando became the Player of the match for his magnificent century. Here is the complete gist of the #SLvsWI match.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

West Indies won the toss and chose to ball first against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

Sri Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Perera came out to bat and gave a steady start to the innings but it was Windies skipper Jason Holder who gave first dent to the Lankans.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

Avishka Fernando became the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka as he smashed his maiden ODI century.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

On the other hand, Windies skipper picked two wickets while Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas and Fabian Allen scalped one wicket each.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

In reply, Chris Gayle and Sunil Ambris came out to bat but could not manage to give a good headstart to the Windies innings.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

For West Indies, Nicholas Pooran scored the highest run with 118 off 103 balls. But it was not enough to chase down the huge target set by the 1996 World Champs.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs

In the end, Sri Lanka won the match by 23 runs and gained two points. But they are already eliminated from the tournament.