Vadodara, March 7 -- The stars of yesteryears took centerstage once again under the floodlights of the BCA Stadium in Vadodara, with the Sri Lanka Masters riding a crafty half century from Asela Gunaratne and disciplined death bowling to beat the West Indies Masters by 21 runs in a thrilling International Masters League (IML), 2025 encounter on Thursday, as per a release from IML.

Put in to bat on a sluggish wicket, Sri Lanka Masters skipper Kumar Sangakkara (47) steered his side from a shaky start with a calculative knock, before Asela Gunaratne (64) came up with a gritty half century to take charge of anchoring the side, despite the fall of wickets at regular intervals, and eventually propelled his side to 173/9 in their 20 overs.

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