WI-M vs SL-M Full Scorecard, International Masters League T20 Updates

2nd Semi Final • Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium • Raipur

West Indies Masters

179/5 (20)

Sri Lanka Masters

173/9 (20)

WI-M won by 6 runs

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Date & Time

14 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

Match

2nd Semi Final,

International Masters League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Sri Lanka Masters elected to bowl

Pitch Report

This is the pitch on which Ravi Rampaul bowled in the 6 to 8m length and picked up 5 wickets. There is something in it for the seamers to work with, so, it won't be the easiest of surfaces to bat on and score heavily.

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

138.67Avg SR

2nd Innings

142Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

143.52Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SL-M

1- 0

WI-M

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sri Lanka Masters

West Indies Masters

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Lendl Simmons

WI-M . BAT

277 Runs

4 Matches

Kumar Sangakkara

SL-M . WK

222 Runs

5 Matches

Dwayne Smith

WI-M . ALL

219 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Ravi Rampaul

WI-M . BOWL

9 Wkts

3 Matches

Isuru Udana

SL-M . ALL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Ashley Nurse

WI-M . ALL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Player of the Match Tino Best

4/27

WI-M

SL-M

Info

West Indies Masters

179/5 (20)

Batters

Dwayne Smith

0.00

runout (Udana / Mendis)

William Perkins

80.00

c Gunaratne b Mendis

Lendl Simmons

141.67

c Sangakkara b Pradeep

Brian Lara

124.24

Retired out

Chadwick Walton

155.00

c Mendis b Gunaratne

Denesh Ramdin

227.27

Not out

Ashley Nurse

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 7, NB: 2, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.95)

179/5

Did not Bat

Jerome Taylor, Ravi Rampaul, Sulieman Benn, Tino Best

Bowlers

EXT

Isuru Udana

6.00

Suranga Lakmal

11.33

Nuwan Pradeep

10.00

Jeevan Mendis

8.67

Chaturanga de Silva

7.50

Asela Gunaratne

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dwayne Smith

runout (Udana / Mendis)

1-1

0.4

Lendl Simmons

c Sangakkara b Pradeep

2-44

6.2

William Perkins

c Gunaratne b Mendis

3-48

7.3

Chadwick Walton

c Mendis b Gunaratne

4-108

13.6

Brian Lara

Retired out

5-157

18.3

Sri Lanka Masters

173/9 (20)

Batters

Upul Tharanga

136.36

c Ramdin b Best

Kumar Sangakkara

113.33

c Lara b Nurse

Lahiru Thirimanne

128.57

c Benn b Best

Asela Gunaratne

157.14

c Perkins b Simmons

Seekkuge Prasanna

90.00

c Simmons b Taylor

Chaturanga de Silva

33.33

c Ramdin b Smith

Jeevan Mendis

100.00

c Ramdin b Best

Isuru Udana

210.00

b Smith

Dilruwan Perera

183.33

c Benn b Best

Suranga Lakmal

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.65)

173/9

Did not Bat

Nuwan Pradeep

Bowlers

EXT

Ashley Nurse

6.25

Jerome Taylor

8.67

Ravi Rampaul

11.50

Tino Best

6.75

Dwayne Smith

9.25

Sulieman Benn

9.00

Lendl Simmons

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kumar Sangakkara

c Lara b Nurse

1-31

4.2

Lahiru Thirimanne

c Benn b Best

2-56

7.1

Upul Tharanga

c Ramdin b Best

3-57

7.3

Seekkuge Prasanna

c Simmons b Taylor

4-85

11.2

Chaturanga de Silva

c Ramdin b Smith

5-92

12.2

Jeevan Mendis

c Ramdin b Best

6-97

13.1

Isuru Udana

b Smith

7-136

16.2

Dilruwan Perera

c Benn b Best

8-165

18.5

Asela Gunaratne

c Perkins b Simmons

9-173

19.6

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

Match

2nd Semi Final,

International Masters League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Sri Lanka Masters elected to bowl

6 W 1 1lb 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 10

4 2 4 1 1wd 4 4

Over 18

Runs: 20

4 1 1 1 W 0

Over 19

Runs: 7

6 2 0 0 0 W

Over 20

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Tino Best

4/27

Commentary

11:35 pm local time (11:35 pm IST): The IML T20 Final is all set! A Sunday showdown between hosts India Masters, led by Sachin Tendulkar, versus West Indies Masters, led by Brian Lara! Can it get any better? It sure can't! So do join us at 7 pm local time (7 pm IST) for the toss on 16 March, friends. It should live to the expectation for sure! For now, this is the pair of Rajarshi and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Brian Lara (West Indies Masters captain): It was a tremendous effort from the team! We did take it deep, but the boys deserved the win. We were a bit slow up front with the bat, but once we reached 80, we knew that we need at least 100 more. So, we did not lose our way in the middle and created that launching pad for the last few overs to take the game away from them. We did lose a few bowlers towards the end due to injuries, but we held out nerves and that's what matters!

Tino Best (Player of the Match, 4/27 off 4 overs): I always want to be a game-changer! Brian gave me the ball at important times and I deliveried. Upul Tharanga's wicket was the best for me, because he can do some damage against all kinds of bowling after Kumar Sangakkara!

11:30 pm local time (11:30 pm IST): It's time for the post-match presentation!

Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka Masters captain: Couple of mistakes on the field got them 20 runs more than they should have, and then losing wickets in a clump cost us. Not very often do you see four batters caught down the leg side. That's what happens in crunch games. It was fun, a very good tournament. The standard of cricket was good and that was the key. Everyone had a good time. Long time between now and the second season, tournament's got legs, well organized, I'm sure it'll get tightened up as it progresses and players stay fit.

11:17 pm local time (11:17 pm IST): West Indies Masters win by 6 runs and go through to the Final!

Denesh Ramdin 50* (22) | Tino Best - 4/27 (4)
Asela Gunaratne - 66 (42) and 1/14 (2)

What a fitting semi-final match it was! It was alive till the last ball of the match and had it been a six, we would have gone to a Super Over! That was how nail-biting this game turned out to be!

But, the pressure of the occasion got to Asela Gunaratne, who otherwise played a fantastic knock, and he failed to take his team over the line. West Indies Masters did not have the services of two premier pace bowlers - Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylo r- at the back end. So, the load had to be borne by Dwayne Smith and Lendl Simmons to do the dirty work.

It was a bit of a stutter of course, as Isuru Udana, Dilruwan Perera and of course Asela smashed it around the park to take the match really close. A catch that Brian Lara dropped proved to be immensely costly for his team, as Asela made Simmons pay for it later on in the over!

But the 19th over from Tino Best and the 20th from Simmons again, pulled things back. West Indies Masters did pick up quite a few lucky wickets along the way, as well. .

As for Sri Lanka Masters, they needed at least one player from the top order to click. Since that did not happen, the lower middle-order and the lower order had to do a lot of the heavy lifting, which was just a bit too much!

The pitch played really well and everyone had his chance on it. On the whole, it was apt for a game of this proportion with so much on the line!

overs

173 /9 score

runs

Asela Gunaratne *

66 (42)

Suranga Lakmal

0 (1)

Lendl Simmons

1 /26

19.6 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, skied... THE CATCH IS TAKEN! Lendl Simmons, handed the ball for the last over comes up trumps eventually! He went full, angling this into the batter. Gunaratne skipped down the wicket, took it on the full and looked to hoick it over long on. Got a lot of height but not nearly enough distance. Perkins ran in from the deep, took the catch and sealed a six-run win for the West Indies Masters and a berth in the final!

Asela Gunaratne c William Perkins b Lendl Simmons 66 (42b, 7x4, 1x6)

Six to take us to a Super Over!

19.5 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, slower ball, on a fuller length outside off. Gunaratne swings for the hills, meets thin air. 6 to tie the game...

Sangakkara is not happy with the decision of Asela not to take the single!

19.4 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, full, angled into the batter. Glanced towards deep mid wicket. Gunaratne declines the run...

Dot ball! Like diamond here!

19.3 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, slightly fuller length outside off. Gunaratne dabs it towards short third. Can't beat the fielder

So now, it is 7 runs to get off 4 balls. Asela keeps strike.

19.2 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, spilled in the deep! Slow, back of length outside off. Gunaratne ran down the wicket, looked to flat-bat this over cow corner, skied it. The fielder at deep mid wicket ran in but couldn't cling on. Was a sitter in all likeliness

Down to 9 runs off 5 balls now! Asela is taking Sri Lanka Masters home.

19.1 Lendl Simmons to Asela Gunaratne, gives the charge, GETS SIX! Pressure on Simmons straight away! On a length, slding towards leg stump. Not much pace to work with. Gunaratne runs down the wicket, has a vicious swing across the line, and the ball sails over mid wicket

Right, so Sri Lanka Masters require 15 runs off 6 balls with Asela on strike. 14 take us to a Super Over! But, it all boils down to Asela here as he does not have great company with bat in hand at the other end to help him out.

overs

165 /8 score

runs

Suranga Lakmal *

0 (1)

Asela Gunaratne

58 (36)

Tino Best

4 /27

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