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Best performances - Batsmen

KIC Asalanka
KIC Asalanka
106(123) 6x4 - 4x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 25 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 8 11 7 31 13 4 28
Tanzid Hasan
62(61) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 4x4 - 1x6
3 2 5 8 23 15 4 2

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O7.5
M2
R10
W4
Eco1.27
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Taskin Ahmed
Taskin Ahmed
O10
M2
R47
W4
Eco4.7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

2 July 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: K Vairavan & Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

10pm A chaotic game of cricket (which is not a surprise in this particular rivalry), and it ended with Sri Lanka going 1-0 up. We have a lot more of this lined up, and expect that to be just as engrossing. Until then, catch all the action from the cricket happening in different parts of the world, including this India-England Test, where Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja are currently intent on taking India towards 300 and beyond. As for this game, on behalf of Chetan, Madushka and Vairavan, this is me, Shashwat, signing off. Goodbye and take care, folks!

Charith Asalanka, the Sri Lanka captain is also the Player of the Match: It was a difficult time (when I walked in). I was trying to do my basics right first. I got a good start and wanted to play according to the situation. (On not cashing in with the bat towards the end) Little disappointed about that. They were struggling with their injuries. We did not have enough wickets in hand (to capitalize on the last ten overs). (On the fielding effort) It was simply amazing. Our best fielding (effort in this ODI team), and they did their job very well.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh captain: (On the toss being crucial) Definitely. The wicket was good, we bowled really well, especially the fast bowlers, they took wickets early. We did not get wickets in the middle overs. Credit to Asalanka for the way he played - it was amazing. If we got wickets in the middle overs, we would have come back. It is very hot. Two important bowlers got cramps (Mustafizur and Tanvir). We played really well first 80 overs - Shanto and Tanzid played really well. The middle order batters, we did not play well. The back-to-back wickets were a problem.

9:46pm At the first drinks break of the second innings, Bangladesh seemingly had the game in the palm of their hands. Tanzid was batting superbly and even though Shanto had run himself out on the stroke of drinks, the visitors had plenty going their way. But then, everything broke. And everything broke rather inexplicably. They lost nine wickets for just 25 runs, with Sri Lanka just as much in disbelief at what was unfolding as Bangladesh. Jaker, who watched most of the carnage from the non-striker's end, tried to salvage something, but he was always waging a lone and a losing battle.

While some of Bangladesh's application was ordinary, at best, nothing must be taken away from Sri Lanka. They were put under pressure early in their defence, but kept at it, ultimately carving an opening through a run-out. And once they found the door ajar, they barged through, ramming every bit of Bangladesh resistance that came their way, with Hasaranga (four) and Kamindu (three) combining for seven wickets.

35.5
W
Hasaranga to Jaker Ali, OUT, Hasaranga does not even look back at the umpire in his celebrappeal, and that will be that for tonight! A collapse of gigantic proportions, and Bangladesh, who seemed to have things under control for so long, have been consigned to a heavy defeat, almost out of nowhere! This is a googly pitching on a length just outside off. Jaker, having defended the first four balls of the over, decides to chance his arm with the sweep. Not sure if he picked the wrong'un but he got into an awkward position, eventually being unable to access the ball. Rapped in front of middle stump, and with Bangladesh out of reviews, the umpire's finger was the death knell for a batting performance that Bangladesh will want to forget rather promptly!

Jaker Ali lbw b Hasaranga 51 (70m 64b 4x4 4x6) SR: 79.68

35.4
0
Hasaranga to Jaker Ali, no run, very full on the pads. Jaker digs it out towards mid wicket
35.3
0
Hasaranga to Jaker Ali, no run, looped up full on off. Jaker presses forward and blocks
35.2
0
Hasaranga to Jaker Ali, no run, back of a length on middle and leg. Straightens off the surface and Jaker watches it all the way, playing it right under his eyes
35.1
0
Hasaranga to Jaker Ali, no run, flighted up full just outside off. Jaker comes forward and defends

Hasaranga hobbles into another over. And, uh-oh, Sri Lanka have been penalized for not starting the over on time. It would be the third such offence this innings, and this is not great cricket by the hosts

END OF OVER:
35 | 11 Runs | BAN: 167/9 (78 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 4.77, RRR: 5.20)

  • Mustafizur Rahman0 (12b)
  • Jaker Ali51 (59b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana8.5-1-32-1
  • Wanindu Hasaranga7-2-10-3
34.6
0
Theekshana to Mustafizur Rahman, 5 runs, stumps smashed, but that will not count! Back of a length on middle and leg. Mustafizur tries to tonk that into tomorrow and misses wildly. The ball thunders into the stumps and it takes Madushka, stood at slip, a brief moment to realize that that will be an immaterial detail!

Golden chance for Mustafizur to get off the mark

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st29Tanzid HasanParvez Hossain Emon
2nd71Najmul Hossain ShantoTanzid Hasan
3rd1Litton DasTanzid Hasan
4th1Tanzid HasanTowhid Hridoy
5th1Mehidy Hasan MirazTowhid Hridoy
6th0Mehidy Hasan MirazJaker Ali
7th1Jaker AliTanzim Hasan Sakib
8th1Taskin AhmedJaker Ali
9th20Jaker AliTanvir Islam
10th42Mustafizur RahmanJaker Ali