Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

BKG Mendis
BKG Mendis
60(37) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
1 6 3 8 3 11 13 15
MD Shanaka
MD Shanaka
45(33) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
9 0 10 5 9 0 10 2

Best performances - Bowlers

Ebadot Hossain
Ebadot Hossain
O4
M0
R51
W3
Eco12.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
Taskin Ahmed
Taskin Ahmed
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Match days

01 September 2022 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 2, Bangladesh 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Ashish Pant

Well, what a match this turned out to be. Hope you all enjoyed our coverage. The tournament rumbles on and it will be Pakistan to take on Hong Kong tomorrow and we will be right here to bring all the updates. Till then, this is Ashish Pant signing off on behalf of Madushka and Thilak. Good night!

Kusal Mendis is the Player of the Match: First six overs, I played my normal game and did that all through. [On the no ball] I came out to bat again, and had a good plan and wanted to complete the game. I had a few chances. I did the best for the team. I did a lot of practice in Sri Lanka in the last six months. I know my job according to the team's point of view. I will do everything that is best for my team. Thank You, Sri Lanka supporters.

Dasun Shanaka, the Sri Lanka captain : [On the thoughts on the match] Yeah, in the middle period I thought it was tough. When Kusal and I were at the crease, I felt it was achievable. Our openers did a very good job today. We lacked that in the other games. After that the partnerships went on. [On promoting himself up the order] I had thought about that, but from the team's point of view, I have to sacrifice my place and come down but I am happy to do that. My first priority is the team. It was Chamika's run out, I thought the game was done. But Asitha Fernando's two shots were great.

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain: Death bowling is something we are looking to improve and that has cost us the game. The last two overs they were eight down and needed to get 17-18 runs and they got with a lot of balls to spare. We are not bowling well in he death. We should give lot of credit to SL, the way they held their nerves. We wanted to pick wickets, and saw the fast bowlers were picking wickets. There was pressure on SL. Whenever the bowlers bowl, they need to execute their plans. If you look at the last six months, we were not competitive but we were very competitive this time. We need to work in a lot of areas before the World Cup in Australia.

Presentation time

9.54pm What a way to qualify for the Super 4. What a match. The Sri Lankans are up in celebration. Lots of jumping as the players run out to the middle. Some tears in the stands as well. Oh, such varying emotions. There were a lot of chatter ahead of this clash and the game has lived up to its billing. It was all neck and neck for a long time but the extras, in the end, proved to be the difference. Eight wides and four no balls from Bangladesh, 0 wides and 0 no balls from Sri Lanka. Have to say, Sri Lanka held their nerves in the end. Ebadot was brilliant with his opening spell picking up three wickets on debut but such is the nature of the game, that while his first two overs went for 13 runs, his last two went for 38! Mendis had five lives and that proved decisive. Ebadot has the third-best figures for a Bangladesh bowler in T20Is, but that will be of little consolation to him.

Some stat nuggets from Sampath: Sri Lanka end their six-match losing streak in Asia Cups, their first win since beating UAE in 2016.

19.3
3nb
Mahedi Hasan to Fernando, (no ball) 2 runs, Tossed up on off, he slams it down the ground and some excellent running gives them two. Just one needed. Haaaang on a minute, hang on a minute! The siren goes off, it's a no ball. Yes, nothing was behind the crease. Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets and with that they qualify for Super 4.
19.2
4
Mahedi Hasan to Fernando, FOUR, One-bounce four! Top shot from Fernando. Tossed up outside, he gets the slog sweep out and slams it wide of long on
19.1
1lb
Mahedi Hasan to Theekshana, 1 leg bye, Flatter on middle and leg, he skips down and looks to hoick it away but is rapped on the pads. They sneak a leg bye

Andrew: "I'll have no nails left after this match "

Bangladesh are behind the over rate and that means they will need to have five fielders in

END OF OVER:
19 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 176/8 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.26, RRR: 8.00)

  • Asitha Fernando4 (1b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana0 (1b)
  • Ebadot Hossain4-0-51-3
  • Mahedi Hasan2-0-23-1
18.6
4
Ebadot Hossain to Fernando, FOUR, Oh, that is such an important boundary! Slower length ball outside off, he clears his front leg and swipes it over covers for a four.
18.6
1w
Ebadot Hossain to Fernando, 1 wide, Length outside off, but way down wide of the tramlines
18.5
W
Ebadot Hossain to Theekshana, OUT, Shakib, you beauty! Karunaratne is run out and with that Bangladesh's chances go up by quite a notch. Short of a length on off, he gets a leading edge to Shakib at short cover. They run, for some reason. Shakib waits for it and hits the stumps to find Karunaratne way short.

C Karunaratne run out 16 (22m 10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 160.00

Nothing to lose for Theekshana. He can go for the big hit without thinking about anything

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st45BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd3BKG MendisKIC Asalanka
3rd19MD GunathilakaBKG Mendis
4th10PBB RajapaksaBKG Mendis
5th54MD ShanakaBKG Mendis
6th8MD ShanakaPW Hasaranga
7th19MD ShanakaC Karunaratne
8th13C KarunaratneM Theekshana
9th13AM FernandoM Theekshana

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576