Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka HIGHLIGHTS: SL Beat BAN By 5 Wickets In Their Asia Cup 2023 Opener
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Score HIGHLIGHTS: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
That's victory for Sri Lanka. They win by 5 wickets. Charith Asalanka with an unbeaten 62 after Sadeera Samarawickrama made 54. Matheesha Pathirana set up that win really with that win with his 4 for 32.
Sri Lanka easing towards a victory here. Sadeera Samarawickrama brings up his fifty. They need 56 more runs to win with 7 wickets and plenty of overs in hand.
SL- 90/3 after 20 overs. Need 75 runs from 30 overs. Sadeera Samarawickrama- 39*, Charith Asalanka- 20*
WICKET! Another one goes down. Shoriful Islam gets the other opener Pathum Nissanka caught behind. SL- 15/2 in 3.3 Overs.
WICKET! Taskin Ahmed with the early breakthrough for Bangladesh. He removes Dimuth Karunaratne first ball of his second over. Sri Lanka- 13/1 in 2.1 overs.
Sri Lanka's run-chase begins. Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne open the innings for Sri Lanka.
SL vs BAN Score LIVE | Asia Cup 2023: Najmul Hossain Shanto top-scored for Bangladesh with 89. But no one else really held fort with him. A couple more solid partnerships and the team would have easily reached around 250 but that wasn't to be. Sri Lanka then need 165 to win, a total they would fancy chasing down in home conditions.
Bangladesh are ALL OUT FOR 164! Pretty quick was the wrap up of their tail by the Sri Lankan bowlers. Matheesha Pathirana the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4 for 32. Maheesh Theekshana also scalped 2 for 19.
Shanto is holding one end up but Bangladesh continue to lose wickets from the other end. Mehidy Hasan Miraz gets run out. BAN- 141/6 in 36.3 Overs.
Mushfiqur Rahim has hit an uppercut straight to third man and that's the end of his innings for 13. Bangladesh- 127/5 in 32.4 Overs.
Pathirana gets his second wicket.
Shanto has got his half-century and is looking good as he looks to take Bangladesh to a total of solidity.
Just when it looked like Bangladesh were on their way to a recovery of sorts, they have lost another wicket. Towhid Hridoy falls to Shanaka. He is out LBW after a review from the Sri Lankans. BAN- 95/4 in 24 overs.
Another one goes down. It's the captain Shakib Al Hasan who goes back. Matheesha Pathirana strikes in his first over. BAN- 36/3 in 10.4 overs. Shakib got a glove on that shot-pitch ball, brilliant glove work from Mendis.
WICKET! Mohammad Naim departs. Dhananjaya de Silva gets his man. Outside edge and he is caught at point. BAN- 25/2 in 7.4 overs.
Mohammad Naim and Najmul Hossain Shanto out in the middle for Bangladesh at the moment.
SL vs BAN Score LIVE | Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka strike early. They get rid of Tanzid Hasan for a duck. Maheesh Theekshana with a wicket maiden. BAN- 4/1 after 2 overs.
SL vs BAN Score LIVE | Asia Cup 2023
Playing XIs:
Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana
SL vs BAN Score LIVE | Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh win the toss and elect to bat first.
SL vs BAN Score LIVE | Asia Cup 2023: Toss and Team news coming in just a bit.
SL vs BAN Score Live | Asia Cup 2023: Toss in about half an hour's time from now. Stay tuned!
SL vs BAN Score Live | Asia Cup 2023: Hello and Welcome to our live coverage of the Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Asia Cup 2023 Group B clash.
Background
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Score LIVE: Sri Lanka did manage to emerge as the champions of the Asia Cup 2022 which was held in the UAE in the T20 format. However, truth be told, even that win had come off as a surprise. Heading into Asia Cup 2023 which is being played in a hybrid model with matches held across Sri Lanka and Pakistan and will be played in the ODI format, the team do not necessarily start as favourites.
Having said that, much to their credit, Sri Lanka managed to clean sweep the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe a few months ago. Even though it is the same team that will compete in this continental tournament, Sri Lanka's bowling attack has been weakened due to quite a few injury issues. The list of players unavailable include several of their first choice bowlers like Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera. In Hasaranga, they will also miss a bat handy lower order batter who showed what he is capable of with the willow in hand in the recently-concluded Lanka Premier League (LPL).
That leaves a relatively inexperienced Maheesh Theekshana to do the job more often than not with the bowl in hand for Sri Lanka. That also means that their batting should come good, a department in their game in which they have been struggling even in the World Cup qualifier.
As far as Bangladesh are concerned, Litton Das has been ruled out of the entire tournament with an illness. Moreover, they also lost their home series against Afghanistan before Asia Cup but that shouldn't take anything away from their good form especially in the ODI format which includes an ODI series win over India in recent times.
Bangladesh's spinners will fancy their chances in Pallekele which will also host the India vs Pakistan clash on September 2 and even though it is a home advantage for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh won't mind the conditions either. Don't be surprised then if Bangladesh manage to emerge victorious but rule Sri Lanka out also at your own peril.
An exciting game of cricket awaits us then with the first ball set to be bowled at 03:00 pm (IST).
SL vs BAN Probable Playing XIs:
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dushan Hemantha/Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Kasun Rajitha
Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Tanzid Hasan/Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam
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