Asia Cup In the Super Four phase of 2023 Sri Lanka In the away match played in the city of Colombo, the host team Bangladesh beat by 21 runs.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field first and soon got their first success and Sri Lanka lost their first wicket for 34.
After which Sri Lanka’s innings got a little stability in the partnership of the second wicket, but then the wickets continued to fall at intervals and half of the Sri Lankan team returned to the pavilion at the score of 164.
But here Siddira Samarawakarma took control of the Sri Lankan innings and steadily increased the score to a competent defence.
Thus, at the end of 50 overs, the Sri Lankan team could score 257 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Sudira Samarawakarma was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 93 runs while Kushal Mendes scored 50 runs and Pathum Nissanska scored 40 runs.
On behalf of Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed was the most successful bowler by getting three wickets for 62 runs and Hasan Mehmood for 57. While Shariful Islam took two wickets.
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In pursuit of Sri Lanka’s target, Bangladesh’s batting began, after a strong start of 55 runs by the openers, none of the batsmen could stand up to Sri Lanka’s bowling and Bangladesh’s wickets continued to fall at intervals.
However, despite the continuous wickets, the Bangladeshi batsmen continued to chase the target, batting sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
Tawheed Haridoy was the top scorer for Bangladesh with 83 runs. While Mushfiqur Rahim scored 29 runs and Mehdi Hasan Mirza scored 28 runs.
The whole team of Bangladesh could score 236 runs in 48.1 overs.
On behalf of Sri Lanka, Mitisha Pathirana, Mahesh Theakshina and Dashan Shanaka were the most successful bowlers with three wickets each.
Sri Lanka will play their next match against India on September 12, while Sri Lanka and Pakistan will face each other on September 14.
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