World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets, England almost out of semi-final race, Pakistan's woes rise

Sri Lanka vs England World Cup 2023 : Yesterday in the 25th match of the World Cup 2023, the defending champions England had to face defeat against Sri Lanka. This is England's fourth defeat in five matches in this World Cup. In Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore), England won the toss and elected to bat and scored 156 runs in response to which Sri Lanka achieved the target by losing two wickets.

The Sri Lankan team reached the fifth position in the points table

Sri Lankan team beating England (Sri Lankan beat England) has seen a big upheaval in the points table. With this defeat, the England team is almost out of the race to win the World Cup title. With this defeat, England slipped to 9th place in the points table. Apart from this, the Sri Lankan team has also increased the difficulties of Pakistan. Sri Lanka won their second consecutive match after losing the first three matches. Apart from this, the Sri Lankan team has reached the fifth position in the points table with a run rate of -0.205. Due to the poor run rate of the Pakistan team, it was reduced to the sixth position.

England lost by 8 wickets

England team decided to bat first after winning the toss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru yesterday. Batting first, the England team scored 156 runs in 50 overs. Lahiru Kumar took 3 wickets from Sri Lanka. Chasing the target of 157 runs given by England, Sri Lanka won the match with the loss of two wickets. From Sri Lanka, Nissanka scored 77 not out and Sadira Samarawickrama scored 65 not out. England's David Willey got two wickets.

There is no change in the top-4 in the points table

Talking about the top-4 in the points table after the England Sri Lanka match, there is no change in it. Team India remains at number one with 10 points followed by South Africa with 8 points and New Zealand with 8 points. The difference in net run rate between Africa and New Zealand is the difference in the points table position of the two. After this, Australia is at the fourth position with 6 points.