Windies record easy 7-wkt win over Sri Lanka

BANGALORE:  West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the World Twenty20 Super Ten group One match here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday night.

Chasing an easy 123-run target, West Indies completed their victory with ten balls remaining in the one-sided match.

Opening batsman Andre Fletcher batted throughout to see his team cruise to its  second consecutive win with an unbeaten 84. He smashed five sixes and six fours in his 64-ball innings.

After three cheap dismissals, Fletcher added 55 runs with Andre Russell, who also remained not out on 20.

For Sri Lanka, left-arm spinner Milinda Sriwardana claimed two wickets and leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay took one wicket.

Earlier, Sri Lanka after put into bat, could not resist against the Windies bowlers and were restricted to 122 for nine in their 20 overs.

Leg-spinner Samuel Badree captured three wickets for 12 and pacer Dwayne Bravo bagged two for 20 while Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite took one wicket each.

Thisara Perera top scored with 40, followed by captain Angelo Mathews (20), Dinesh Chandimal (16) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (12).