SL beat BAN Highlights - T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh

SL beat BAN Highlights – T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa played knocks of 80 and 53 respectively as Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in the Super 12’s Group 1 match here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

SL beat BAN Highlights – T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka’s 80 runs knock powers Sri Lanka to 5 wickets win over Bangladesh

SL beat BAN Highlights – Chasing 172, Sri Lanka lost the wicket of Kusal Perera (1) in the very first over as he was bowled by Nasum Ahmed. However, Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka counter-attacked and the duo took Sri Lanka’s score to 54/1 after the end of the powerplay overs. Both batters put on 69 runs for the second over. Shakib Al Hasan however, changed the game around for Bangladesh in the ninth over as he dismissed Nissanka (24) and Avishka Fernando (0), reducing Sri Lanka to 71/3 with the side still needing 101 runs to win from 68 balls.

SL beat BAN Highlights – T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka’s 80 runs knock powers Sri Lanka to 5 wickets win over Bangladesh

Wanindu Hasaranga (6) failed to leave a mark with the bat and Sri Lanka was left struggling at 79/4 in the 10th over of the innings. Asalanka then found the support in the form of Bhanuka Rajapaksa and the duo did not let the asking run-rate creep up too high. Both of them kept on registering boundaries at regular intervals and Sri Lanka needed just 24 runs from the final four overs. In the end, Sri Lanka registered a comfortable victory with seven balls to spare.

SL beat BAN Highlights – Earlier, opener Mohammad Naim and Mushfiqur Rahim cracked impressive half centuries to steer Bangladesh to a competitive 171 for four against Sri Lanka. Joining forces in the eighth over when their side was struggling at 56 for two, Naim and Rahim stitched a quick 73-run stand in 8.3 overs to keep the momentum going. Naim hit six boundaries in his 52-ball 62-run knock while Rahim remained unbeaten on 57 from 37 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes.

Bangladesh openers Naim and Liton Das waited for a couple of overs before playing big shots. The duo looked good for a substantial partnership before Das got out for 16 in the sixth over of the bowling of Lahiru Kumara. Das made room for himself to drive a full ball over the ring but picked mid-off fielder Dasun Shanaka. The dismissal led to an ugly scene between the batter and the bowler as the umpires had to step in to calm down the frayed
tempers.

SL beat BAN Highlights – T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka’s 80 runs knock powers Sri Lanka to 5 wickets win over Bangladesh

SL beat BAN Highlights – Kumara was seen charging towards Das who responded and the duo was seen exchanging a few words with their heads almost butting each other before they were separated. There was some pushing and shoving among the players. Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan (10) was in the thick of things as soon as he joined and hit two fours in the seventh over off
Charith Asalanka but he was clean-bowled by Chamika Karunaratne in the next over.

From 41 for 1 at the end of powerplay overs, Bangladesh were 72 for 2 at the halfway mark. Diminutive Rahim was on song as he hit Wanindu Hasaranga for a six in the 11th over before adding another maximum in the 13th over off Binura Fernando. The Bangladeshis were beginning to open up their arms and Naim reached his fifty in 44 balls in the 14th over with a four off Lahiru Kumara while Rahim smashed two consecutive boundaries off Hasaranga in the 15th over.

SL beat BAN Highlights – T20 World Cup: Charith Asalanka’s 80 runs knock powers Sri Lanka to 5 wickets win over Bangladesh

The duo added 46 runs in the five overs after the 10th. Bangladesh added another 53 runs from the final five overs. Naim was, however, out in the 17th over as he mistimed a pull shot for Fernando to take a catch off his own bowling.

Sri Lanka Innings 172/5 (18.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Kusal Perera (WK)	b Nasum Ahmed	1	3	0	0	33.33
Pathum Nissanka	b Shakib Al Hasan	24	21	1	1	114.29
Charith Asalanka	Not out	80	49	5	5	163.27
Avishka Fernando	b Shakib Al Hasan	0	3	0	0	0.00
Wanindu Hasaranga	c N Sheikh b M Saifuddin	6	5	1	0	120.00
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	b Nasum Ahmed	53	31	3	3	170.97
Dasun Shanaka (C)	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extra	7 (b 0, w 7, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	172/5 (18.5)
Yet To Bat	C Karunaratne, PVD Chameera, L Kumara, B Fernando

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Nasum Ahmed	2.5	29	2	10.24
Mahedi Hasan	4	30	0	7.50
Mohammad Saifuddin	3	38	1	12.67
Shakib Al Hasan	3	17	2	5.67
Mustafizur Rahman	3	22	0	7.33
Mahmudullah	2	21	0	10.50
Afif Hossain	1	15	0	15.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
K Perera	1-2	0.4
Pathum Nissanka	2-71	8.1
A Fernando	3-71	8.4
W Hasaranga	4-79	9.4
B Rajapaksa	5-165	18.2

Bangladesh Innings 171/4 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Naim Sheikh	c & b B Fernando	62	52	6	0	119.23
Liton Das	c D Shanaka b L Kumara	16	16	2	0	100.00
Shakib Al Hasan	b C Karunaratne	10	7	2	0	142.86
Mushfiqur Rahim (WK)	Not out	57	37	5	2	154.05
Afif Hossain	runout (L Kumara)	7	6	1	0	116.67
Mahmudullah (C)	Not out	10	5	2	0	200.00
Extra	9 (b 2, w 1, nb 3, lb 3)
Total	171/4 (20)
Yet To Bat	Nurul Hasan, M Saifuddin, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Chamika Karunaratne	3	12	1	4.00
Binura Fernando	3	27	1	9.00
Dushmantha Chameera	4	41	0	10.25
Lahiru Kumara	4	29	1	7.25
Charith Asalanka	1	14	0	14.00
Wanindu Hasaranga	3	29	0	9.67
Dasun Shanaka	2	14	0	7.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Liton Das	1-40	5.5
Shakib Al Hasan	2-56	7.4
N Sheikh	3-129	16.1
Afif Hossain	4-150	18.3

Toss Report

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to field first against Mahmudullah’s Bangladesh side in their first match of Super 12 here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Sunday. Both sides made one change each from the first XI of their previous first round match. Binura Fernando has come in for Maheesh Theekshana in the Sri Lanka team while Taskin Ahmed made way for Nasum Ahmed for Bangladesh.

Playing XI –

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Kusal Perera(w), Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara

Both team captains at the toss

Mahmudullah: We would have batted first. We need to adapt to the conditions that we are going to face. Hopefully, it’ll be a good one to bat on. Bit of a relief after the first loss. The boys are relaxed and quite free now, hopefully, we can come out here and be disciplined. Taskin is not playing. Nasum Ahmed comes in.

Dasun Shanaka: We are going to bowl first. Our bowlers are doing a good job for us. After the IPL, the wicket is up-and-down, can’t guess what it is, that’s why we want to bowl. The environment has been really good, we are in a very good mood. The youngsters are doing a good job and they are very confident as well. We have an injury concern. Maheesh Theekshana is out. Binura Fernando comes back in.