Starting the chase, Sri Lanka openers Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva got the team off to a flier, helping the team reach the fifty-run mark within the powerplay. Both the batters looked to be aggressive from the beginning, taking apart the Irish bowlers.
West Indies maintained a stronghold on the match in the chase with opener Brandon King playing an anchoring role after Obed McCoy's six-wicket haul helped the hosts bundle out India for 138 runs.
Chasing 296, England was not off the finest start, opener Alex Lees was run out for just 9 at the team's score of 17. Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope resumed the chase for England.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): Andre Russell's unbeaten knock of 70 from 31 balls helped Kolkata Knight Riders score 141/4 in 14.3 overs in reply to Punjab Kings 137 to register a six-wicket victory and make a mockery of the chase here at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. At one poin
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 17 (ANI): India batter Suryakumar Yadav said that Venkatesh Iyer's positivity was great to see and the positive energy rubbed onto him during the chase against West Indies in the first T20I.
Chattogram [Bangladesh], November 30 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja lavished praise on the visiting side for "perfectly" executing the chase in the first Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Brisbane [Australia], January 18 (ANI): Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting believes that a drawn Border-Gavaskar Trophy will hurt the hosts more than the loss they suffered during the 2018-19 series.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 26 (ANI): Rajasthan Royals' defeated the table-toppers Mumbai Indians on Sunday and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar feels that it was Ben Stokes who made the chase looked very easy.
Dubai [UAE], October 25 (ANI): After failing to chase down a small target against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner said he feels that his side got a bit complacent during the chase.
Dubai [UAE], October 12 (ANI): After registering a thrilling five-wicket victory over SunRisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals' all-rounder Rahul Tewatia gave an insight as to how he went about the chase and he also talked about playing two reverse-sweeps off the bowling of Rashid Khan.
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Former Indian batsman and legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar praised Chennai Super Kings' openers Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson for their recording breaking partnership and said that the duo made the chase against Kings XI Punjab look easy.
Sharjah [UAE], October 4 (ANI): After stumbling to an 18-run loss against Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) batsman Eoin Morgan said that he does not think that he came into bat at a lower position during the chase of 229.