Who Won Yesterday World Cup 2023 Match: England vs Sri Lanka Yesterday World Cup match result on October 26

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In yesterday's World Cup 2023 match, England succumbed to their third consecutive defeat and fourth overall in the World Cup 2023 as Sri Lanka thrashed them by eight wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

England won the toss and opted to bat first on Thursday, October 26 but 156 runs in 33.2 overs is all they could manage to post. Ben Stokes top-scored for them with 43 off 74. Jonny Bairstow (30) was their second-highest run-scorer but he would have found himself back in the pavilion on the first ball of the match had Sri Lanka taken a review for an LBW dismissal.

Angelo Mathews, who has been inducted as Matheesha Pathirana's replacement, dismissed Dawid Malan (28) and Sri Lanka never looked back after that in the match. Lahiru Kumara ran through the middle-order with figures of 3/35. The Sri Lanka fielders were brilliant in the middle. Joe Root (3) and Adil Rashid were two run out dismissals for Sri Lanka in the match.

After bundling out England for the lowest ever all out total at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sri Lanka completed the chase with eight wickets and 146 balls remaining. David Willey dismissed Kusal Perera (4) and Kusal Mendis (11) early but a 137-run partnership between Pathum Nissanka (77*) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (65*) ensured Sri Lanka registered their second win. With the win Sri Lanka pipped Pakistan to jump to the fifth spot in the World Cup 2023 points table.

World Cup 2023 Match 25: England vs Sri Lanka

Scores: England: 156 all-out in 33.2 overs (Ben Stokes 43, Jonny Bairstow 30; Lahiru Kumara 3/35). Sri Lanka: 160/2 in 25.4 overs ( Pathum Nissanka 77, Sadeera Samarawickrama 65*; David Willey 2/30).

Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Toss: ENG won the toss and chose to bat

Captains: Jos Buttler (ENG), Kusal Mendis (SL)

Who scored most runs in yesterday's World Cup 2023 Match?

Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 77 unbeaten runs in the match. The right-hand batter's 83-ball innings consisted of seven fours and two sixes.

Who picked up the most wickets in yesterday's World Cup Cup 2023 Match?

Sri Lanka pacer Lahiru Kumara picked three wickets in the match. Kumara registered figures of 3/35 in seven overs.

Who was the Man of the Match in yesterday's World Cup 2023 Match?

Lahiru Kumara was named Man of the Match for his figures of 3/35 in seven overs. He picked the wickets of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone.