After a shock loss on the hands of Namibia, Sri Lanka came back strongly against the UAE to register a victory by 79 runs. Pathum Nissanka played an important knock with the bat to lift the Asian Champions to 152 runs. Karthik Meiyappan stole the show with a hattrick for UAE. In the run-chase, UAE were outclassed by a superior bowling unit, with Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga picking up 3 wickets each.
SRI LANKA: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana.
UAE: Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Aryan Lakra, Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Kashif Daud, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.
