Sri Lanka produced a stunning setback in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as they beat tournament favourites England by 20 runs in Headingley, Leeds. Defending 232/9, Sri Lanka rode on brilliant bowling performances by Lasith Malinga and Dhananjaya de Silva to bowl out England for 212 in 47 overs. social media and Twitter in particular is mighty impressed by Malinga and Sri Lanka's bowling effort. England vs Sri Lanka Highlights, ICC World Cup 2019 Match: SL Beat ENG by 20 Runs Despite Ben Stokes Heroics.
Malinga also became only the fourth bowler in the history of Cricket to take 50 or more wickets in the world cups. Malinga achieved the feat during the England vs Sri Lanka match in Headingley, Leeds. Malinga is now number four on the list of all time highest wicket takers in world cups. Malinga finished with figures of 4/43 in 10 Overs. England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Score 27th ODI Match.
Twitter Went Berserk With Memes and Tweets in Praise of Sri Lanka After the Victory.
Read the Tweets Below
It's party time for the Sri Lanka fans in Leeds 🎉 #CWC19 | #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/kUkLwb5wsc
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 21, 2019
Slinga Malinga At His Best
Slinga Malinga – World Cup hero.#CWC19 | #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/vTNHuSLO3s
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 21, 2019
Here's the Winning Moment
WHAT A MOMENT! 🙌🇱🇰
Mark Wood edges behind to give Sri Lanka a stunning and well-deserved victory at Headlingley #LionsRoar | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/9Vrn7IOEFw
— ICC (@ICC) June 21, 2019
One of the Finest Victories, Exclaimed Aakash Chopra
One of the finest World Cup wins. Considering the strengths/weaknesses/form and expectations in mind. Well played, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰👏👏 #EngvSL #CWC19
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 21, 2019
Boria Majumdar on Sri Lanka's Win
This is called an upset!! What a stunner from Sri Lanka. Malinga wants to sign off with a flourish. If England loses to Australia and India then what?!
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) June 21, 2019
Pakistan and Sri Lanka Are The Only Two Teams to Have Defeated England in the World Cup
Pakistan and Sri Lanka
After this match #ENGvSL#SLvENG
🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/ack0qDtB3w
— ⚜️Awesomeness🏵 (@RandomnessIn) June 21, 2019
Funny Memes Are Here
England - We Have The Best Batting Lineup, Batting Strength Till no. 10, We Are World Cup Favourites. Strongest Team.
Sri Lanka - pic.twitter.com/aBHc45sMwY
— asiFabulous (@asifabulous) June 21, 2019
Ben Stokes...Ben Stokes
After loosing to Sri Lanka, Ben Stokes has been found shouting continuously, Ben Stokes... Ben Stokes...#ENGvSL
Ekdum jazbat badal diye!! pic.twitter.com/2jhKa6dkC6
— Abhay Anand 🇮🇳 (@ABHAY_1987) June 21, 2019
Stokes Did Play a Valiant Knock But in Vain
What a terrific knock from @benstokes38 under pressure #despitelosing honestly became a fan of him🙏🏽#SLvENG #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/y4uI3M26Yk
— Varun tej (@itsvaruntej) June 21, 2019
The Joke's on England Now
And Sachin wil top score in the final 😂 #CWC19 #SLvENG #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/Akv56z8Lzr
— Itti Si Khushi (@itti_si) June 21, 2019
Bollywood Memes For England
England team after SL's loss.#ENGvSL #SLvENG #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/1wU05XFHCZ
— Amey Guthe🇮🇳 (@amey_guthe) June 21, 2019
This is Hilarious!
Cricket experts said England are favorites for the World Cup 2019.
Total points to qualify for Semis= 12/11
Current points of England= 8
Next matches of England are with Australia, India and NewZealand.
Hmm 🤔🤔#CWC19#ENGvSL #SLvENG pic.twitter.com/bpl0jZ4LZQ
— Avisekh Banerjee (@iamab1591) June 21, 2019
This was England's second loss in six matches in ICC CWC 2019 so far. And for Sri Lanka, this is only their second victory after the one over Afghanistan. Few would have expected Sri Lanka to win after they were restricted to 232/9. However, Lasith Malinga, Dhananjaya de Silva and Isuru Udana took nine wickets among themselves to hand Sri Lanka an unlikely victory. The win against England has boosted the morale of Sri Lanka players and fans.
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