KATHMANDU, Dec. 5 -- Sri Lanka's U-23 cricket team decimated Bhutan national cricket team by 173 runs in the third match of the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SAG) held at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka mounted a total of 248 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs after Bhutan won the toss and invited the winning team of the day to bat first. Bhutan was bowled out on 75 runs in 18.4 overs chasing the sumptuous target of 249.

Sri Lankan opening batsman Pathum Nissanka blasted his way through 48-ball 76 runs which included eight boundaries and two sixes to give his team a flying start. Captain Charith Asalanka played a perfect foil to player-of-the-match Nissanka scoring 25 runs off 15 deliveries which inclu...