West Indies Masters got here up with a medical all-round present, using a half-century from Denesh Ramdin and an equally efficient knock from Brian Lara, earlier than Tino Greatest’s four-wicket burst helped the Caribbean outfit register a six-run win over Sri Lanka Masters within the second semifinal of the Worldwide Masters League (IML) 2025
With the win, West Indies has set its date with the Sachin Tendulkar-led India Masters in Sunday’s title conflict on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Worldwide Stadium in Chhattisgarh.
Lara rolled again the years, main his aspect’s fightback with a stroke-filled 41 towards a disciplined Sri Lanka assault earlier than Denesh Ramdin offered the late flourish with an explosive unbeaten 50 to propel the West Indies Masters to 179/5.
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In reply, Sri Lanka might by no means recuperate from the early jolts earlier than Tino Greatest got here up with an incisive spell of tempo bowling, taking 4 wickets to ultimately limit the Islanders to 173/9.
Sri Lanka’s chase by no means fairly took off as wickets tumbled at common intervals, placing it on the again foot early. Asela Gunaratne was the one batter to rise to the event, with a stellar 66 off 42 balls, comprising seven fours and a six, however his valiant effort went in useless towards a disciplined West Indies Masters bowling assault.