As the Lankans were already eliminated from the Super 8 competition, it was a bittersweet victory.
At the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia, they scored 201/6 when batting first and held the Dutch team to 118/10.
These are the most important statistics.T20 WC: A consolation victory for Sri Lanka over the Netherlands
SL post the joint-most noteworthy absolute of 2024 T20 WC
While Pathum Nissanka stowed a duck, Kusal Mendis (46) played a forceful knock front and center.
Dhananjaya de Silva (34) kept the scorecard moving in the center overs.
Charith Asalanka (46) and Angelo Mathews (30*) gave the late force around the end as SL completed at 201/6, the joint-most noteworthy absolute of the continuous occasion.
Logan van Beek (2/45) was the pick of the Netherlands bowlers.
Netherlands vacillate in the pursuit
Netherlands were looking fine so far as openers Michael Levitt (31) and Max O’Dowd (11) added 45 runs inside five overs.
Notwithstanding, they then experienced a stunning breakdown and lost seven wickets inside 35 runs.
The Dutch group would never recuperate as they were collapsed for 118 in 16.4 overs.
Scott Edwards (31) displayed some fortitude yet his endeavors were nowhere adequately near.
Joint-most elevated complete of T20 WC 2024
SL turned out to be only the second group to post a 200 or more score in the continuous occasion.
They joined Australia, who posted 201/7 against Britain in Barbados.
This was generally SL’s second-most noteworthy T20 WC score.
In 2007, they posted 260/6 against Kenya in Johannesburg, the most noteworthy at any point all out in the opposition’s set of experiences to date.
In the mean time, SL have now won all their four T20 WC games against Netherlands.
Mendis surrounding this milestone
Mendis scored a 29-ball 46 with the assistance of five fours. He currently possesses 75 runs in the continuous occasion at 25.
While he has hustled to 1,629 T20I runs at 25.06, 298 of his runs have come in T20 WCs at 29.80.
The wicketkeeper-player (3,955) is surrounding the 4,000 run-mark in T20Is. He midpoints 29.73 in the organization.
Key numbers for Asalanka, Mathews
Asalanka made a dazzling 21-ball 46 (1 fours, 5 sixes). The southpaw presently possesses 1,061 runs at 25.26.
433 of his runs have come in T20 WCs at 33.30. Mathews stayed unbeaten on 30 off only 15 balls (1 four, 2 sixes).
He has dashed to 1,416 T20I runs at 27.76. The all-rounder additionally went past 500 (presently 521) T20 WC runs at 37.21.