By Fathima Zanaida
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNext) September 15, 2012: Australia, India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan won their respective warm-up matches on Saturday ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament which is formally starting from Tuesday.
Irfan Pathan took five wickets to help India (146/5) to a 26-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka (120 all out).
In another match, Australia (139/6) defeated New Zealand (83 all out) by a massive margin of 56 runs.
Bangladesh (135/5) showed confidence in their five wickets victory over Zimbabwe (134/6) as they chased down the target from 18.2 overs.
In the last match of the day, Afghanistan (209/7) defeated Sri Lanka A (158 all out) by a huge margin of 51 runs.
