Asia Cup, 2023: Sri Lanka Started Their Campaign With 5 Wickets Win Over Bangladesh

Asia Cup, 2023: Sri Lanka Started Their Campaign With 5 Wickets Win Over Bangladesh  Sri Lanka and Bangladesh came against each other in the 2nd match of the Asia Cup 2023 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. Naim and Tanzid came to bat and Rajitha opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Naim smashed a four on the fourth ball and it was the first boundary of the match. In the 2nd over, Tanzid Hasan got out for a duck on the second ball. In the 8th over, Naim got out after scoring 16(23) on the fourth ball. In the 9th over, Shakib hit a four on the fifth ball. 

 

After 10 overs, Bangladesh was at 34-2. In the 11th over, Shakib got out after scoring 5(11) on the fourth ball. In the 13th over, Shanto took a single on the last ball and Bangladesh reached 50 runs. In the 24th over, Shanto hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a half-century and Towhid Hridoy got out after scoring 20(41) on the last ball. After 25 overs, Bangladesh was at 97-4. In the 26th over, Bangladesh reached 100 runs on the fourth ball. In the 27th over, Mushfiqur started the over with a four and Shanto finished the over with a four. In the 33th over, Mushfiqur got out after scoring 13(22) on the fourth ball. 

 

In the 37th over, Mehidy Hasan Miraz ran out after scoring 5(11) on the third ball. After 40 overs, Bangladesh was at 160-6. In the 41th over, Mahedi Hasan got out after scoring 6(16) on the fifth ball. In the 42th over, Shanto got out after scoring 89(122) on the second ball. In the 43th over, Taskin Ahmed got out after scoring 0(2) on the second ball and Mustafizur got out for a duck on the fourth ball. It was the last wicket of Bangladesh. Bangladesh got all out at 164 runs in 42.4 overs. Chasing 165 runs, Nissanka and Karunaratne came to bat and Taskin Ahmed opened the bowling attack. In the 3rd over, Karunaratne got out after scoring 1(3) on the first ball. 

 

In the 4th over, Nissanka got out after scoring 14(13) on the third ball. In the 5th over, Samarawickrama started the over with back-to-back two fours. In the 10th over, Kusal Mendis got out after scoring 5(21) on the second ball. After 10 overs, Sri Lanka was at 44-3. In the 12th over, Asalanka took a single on the last ball and Sri Lanka reached 50 runs. In the 19th over, Samarawickrama started the over with a four and hit one more four on the fourth ball. In the 22th over, Sri Lanka reached 100 runs. In the 24th over, Samarawickrama hit a four and scored a half-century. 

 

After 25 overs, Sri Lanka was at 114-3. In the 30th over, Samarawickrama got out after scoring 54(77) on the first ball. In the 31th over, Dhananjaya got out after scoring 2(7) on the last ball. In the 37th over, Asalanka took a single on the fourth ball and scored a half-century and Shanaka hit a four on the fifth ball and Sri Lanka reached 150 runs. In the 39th over, Asalanka hit the winning boundary on the last ball. Sri Lanka scored 165-5 and won the match by 5 wickets. 

 

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