ENG vs SL | Twitter reacts as Lions leave reigning champions staring at early exit with 8-wicket thrashing
Sri Lanka flipped the script on pre-tournament favourites England on Thursday with a clinical all-round display enroute to a breezy win in Bengaluru. The Lions’ pacers scalped wickets at regular intervals to doom the opposition to a shambolic total of 156 before chasing it down in just 25.4 overs.
Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bat first on a seemingly innocuous track, a decision that backfired on the Three Lions for the third game on the trot. Dawid Malan got the side off to a flying start with a flurry of boundaries as England raced to 45 when the returning Angelo Mathews took the ball in hand for the first time in three years in ODI cricket. He struck with just his third ball, sending the opener packing for a 25-ball 28, before effecting an excellent run-out to get rid of Joe Root for a paltry score of 3. Nevertheless, Jonny Bairstow seemed set to steady the ship until a loose shot off Kasun Rajitha spelled his demise for a run-a-ball 30 in the 14th over and chaos ensued. Skipper Buttler and Liam Livingstone quickly followed suit as 68/2 became 85/5 while Ben Stokes despairingly watched on from the other end. The talisman attempted a trademark lone savior carry-job, egging on to a patient 43 in 73 balls. However, the on-song Lahiru Kumara eventually the had the veteran caught in the deep to finish with 3/35, and ensure England tumbled out for the lowest-ever all-out total at Chinnaswamy Stadium of 156.
In the second innings, England tried to make a battle out of it by getting rid of the two Kusals, Mendis and Perera, within the first six overs but they had little to play with. The in-form Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama gave the reigning champions no sniff at a comeback thereon, stitching together a match-winning stand of 137. The latter played the role of aggressor in his unbeaten 65 at a strike rate of 120.37, stroking seven boundaries and a maximum, while Nissanka hit the winning six to end on 77 and register the Lions’ fifth straight win over England in World Cups.
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Ghar bhejo inko wapis . Ben stokes #ENGvsSL
— Justin mendonsa (@justin_mendonsa) October 26, 2023
No one is gonna know it!
Boundary Count CHAMPIONS >>> 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONS #ENGvsSL #CWC2023 @TheBarmyArmy pic.twitter.com/NoxCYWskUC
— Memes_world_xd (@Memesworldxd1) October 26, 2023
LOL! Not surprised to here that!
Well played Jason Roy #ENGvsSL pic.twitter.com/QTRPg7a6Ic
— Pulkit (@PulkitK107) October 26, 2023
Hahahaha!
PAK team to ENG team:#ENGvsSL #PAKvsAUS
— CLOSEHEIMER 🧠 (@HumanityAtBest) October 26, 2023
# pic.twitter.com/NMCE6S7vZs
What a domination!
2007 WC - Sri Lanka won.
— Shaiban Mukadam 🇮🇳 (@mukadam_shaiban) October 26, 2023
2011 WC - Sri Lanka won.
2015 WC - Sri Lanka won.
2019 WC - Sri Lanka won.
2023 WC - Sri Lanka won.
- England yet to defeat Sri Lanka in this century. The streak continues...!!!#ENGvsSL
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Beechari england
— Je Rry (@Jerrybwp) October 26, 2023
Worldcup k bad sarfaraz ko b captain ni bana sakte or to or imaad Bhai or Aamir ka b come back ni karasakte
🥺🥺🥺🥺#ENGvsSL #WC23 #BabarAzam
That's really a great win!
SRI LANKA DEFEATED ENGLAND BY 8 WICKETS.
— Sonusays (@IamSonu____) October 26, 2023
- World Champions are on the verge of elimination #ENGvsSL pic.twitter.com/PgDBOhqZPv
Team England is not gonna sleep tonight!
Total and utter humiliation in the Cricket for England #ENGvsSL
— Sean Fenn💙 (@fenspur) October 26, 2023
Salute!
What a win by #SriLanka ,Hats off 🎉 👏#ENGvsSL #CWC23INDIA
— M_D.Huzaif (@Md_HuZaIf00) October 26, 2023
Big win!
Sri Lanka won against England for the 5th consecutive time in the ODI World Cups.#CWC23 #ENGvsSL #SriLanka
— CricLoverShanky (@CricLoverShanky) October 26, 2023