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UAE's Junaid Siddique clobbered a 109m six in against Sri Lanka, the biggest of the T20 World Cup 2022 so far, and celebrated it in style.
Updated : Oct 19, 2022, 07:10 PM IST | Edited by : Amrit Santlani
Minnows United Arab Emirates gave the world two epic moments as they square off against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup 2022 group A match on Tuesday. While Chennai-born Karthik Meiyappan bagged a hat-trick, his teammate Junaid Siddique also hogged the limelight after hitting a colossal 109m six, the biggest of the tournament so far.
Sri Lanka did go on to win the contest by 79 runs, a comfortable margin as they picked up their first win of T20 World Cup 2022, but it was by no means a drab contest.
While UAE were bundled out for 73 runs, after a sensational 3-wicket bowling spell from Dushmantha Chameera, he was on the receiving end of a massive six from Junaid, a 109, monstrous effort.
The incident took place in the 17th over as Chameera bowled a full-length delivery which Junaid dispatched over the ropes with his full might.
The ball flew a long distance and landed on the roof of the stadium, after which the UAE batsman flexed his muscles in a short celebration. While the result of the contest was forgone, it was a good highlight heel for the UAE player and his team.
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Sri Lanka put on an exhibition of fast bowling under lights to crush in the Group A match and give themselves a massive NRR boost at the Simonds Stadium.
After their defeat against Namibia, Sri Lanka bounced back in style and the margin of victory takes their NRR (+0.60) past Netherlands' (+0.15). It could all boil down to the net run rate should Sri Lanka and Netherlands both win their remaining games.