Paceman Angelo Mathews blew the Dutch top order away with a three-wicket burst while spinner Ajantha Mendis mowed down the lower order as Netherlands folded in 10.3 overs.
Sri Lanka lost Kusal Perera (14) but chased down the target in five overs to top Group One with four points. It was also the biggest victory in Twenty20 Internationals in terms of balls to spare.
Put into bat at Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, the Dutch offered little resistance. Nuwan Kulasekara dismissed Stephan Myburg with his third delivery before the Dutch could open their account and Mathews came up with a three-wicket burst to reduce them to nine for four in four overs.
The Dutch gloom was reflected in a partial floodlight malfunction in the second over that held up play for a short while.
Lasith Malinga’s double strikes further pegged back the Dutch before Mendis wrecked the lower order to complete the rout.
For Netherlands, only Tom Cooper (16) reached double figures while five of his team mates were out for a duck.
Kenya’s 56 all out in 18.4 overs against Afghanistan at Sharjah in September 23 was the previous lowest score in Twenty20 Internationals.
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