Sri Lanka beat West Indies to reach final

Sri Lanka beat West Indies to reach final

Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 27 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method to enter the World T20 final in Dhaka.

Batting first in the first semi-final, Sri Lanka scored an impressive 160 for 6 riding on important contributions from Angelo Mathews (40) and Lahiru Thirimanne (45). In reply, West Indies were 80 for 4 in 13.5 overs when a storm followed by heavy downpour ruled out any chances of a game.

Sri Lanka were declared winners of the rain-hit semi-final since the West Indies were 27 runs behind the D/L par score of 107.