T20 World Cup: David Warner performed a ravishing knock, says Aaron Finch after Australia beat Sri Lanka

Aaron Finch praised each David Warner and Adam Zampa for enjoying the starring roles in Australia’s fifth successive T20I win over Sri Lanka on Thursday. Aaron Finch and David Warner placed on 70 for the opening wicket to put a strong basis for Australia’s run chase (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAustralia (155/3) beat Sri Lanka (154/6) by 7 wickets in DubaiDavid Warner top-scored for the winners with 65 runs whereas Adam Zampa picked 2 wicketsWarner’s half-century was his first in over a yr in T20Is and first since 2012 on the World CupAustralian captain Aaron Finch had double trigger for celebration on Thursday as his group registered a thumping win over Sri Lanka of their Super 12 conflict however extra importantly, opener David Warner obtained his batting type again simply on the proper time within the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

Warner’s type had been a significant concern for Australia main as much as this match however the left-handed batsman answered gave the right reply to his critics by letting his bat do the speaking in Dubai.Australia rode on Warner’s 65 and Finch’s 37 to gun down 155 in 17 overs towards Sri Lanka and transfer as much as second place on the Group 1 factors desk.AUS vs SL, T20 World Cup: HighlightsBut Warner did not get the Player of the Match award, it went to Aussie leg-spinner Adam Zampa as a substitute for his spell of two wickets for 12 from 4 overs which helped them limit the Lankans to 154 for six..Finch praised each Warner and Zampa for enjoying the starring roles in Australia’s fifth successive T20I win over Sri Lanka.”That was a really good performance. Sri Lanka got away to a flyer with the bat and the way that Adam Zampa in particular was able to drag that back through the middle overs.”Davey performed a ravishing knock. As a batter, I really like batters getting [Player of the Match] however I feel while you’re trying on the affect on a recreation, Zamps was terrific tonight,” Finch said after the match.The skipper went on to add that sticking to the team plans did the trick for Australia.”I nonetheless felt it was a extremely good wicket so to chase that down was very nice. We knew we needed to be a little bit bit calmer as a result of when the ball was flying round it felt like they had been going at 15 an over however while you regarded up it was solely 8 an over.”So it’s just a bit of a reminder to stick to our plans and don’t start playing on emotion because that’s not when Australia plays our best cricket,” Finch added.Australia will subsequent face arch-rivals and table-toppers England in Match 26 of the T20 World Cup on the identical venue on October 30.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.