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Italy wins first World Cup match as co-hosts dominate
Italy beat Nepal by ten wickets while India and Sri Lanka recorded large victories.
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Italy earned its first men’s T20 World Cup victory with a ten-wicket win over Nepal in Mumbai. After dismissing Nepal for 123, brothers Justin and Anthony Mosca finished unbeaten on sixty and sixty-two respectively, completing the chase in 12.4 overs.
India defeated Namibia by ninety-three runs in New Delhi after scoring 209 for nine. Ishan Kishan made 61 and Hardik Pandya added 52, while Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus took four wickets for twenty. India’s win extended its tournament winning streak to ten matches.
Sri Lanka beat Oman by 105 runs in Kandy. Kusal Mendis and Pavan Rathnayake produced half-centuries before Dasun Shanaka reached fifty in nineteen balls, Sri Lanka’s fastest T20I half-century. The hosts posted 225 for five and restricted Oman to 120 for nine.
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