- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 What a catch! Bangladesh have lost both openers! This is great bowling, and great captaincy as well to move this fielder to a deep slip of sorts. Good length outside off, and Tanzid charges out and swings. It's a thick edge that gives the keeper no chance. And likely little chance for slip either. But this slip is unusually posted on the edge of the 30-yard circle - moved their just a ball prior - and he flies to his right to hold this with both hands. Outstanding 7/20.6 Got him! Deadly inswinger, and it's right through the gap! Thushara's been trying this from ball one, but Emon just can't help himself. He goes for the drive and leaves a massive gap for the slinger to exploit. Leg stump is disturbed 5/118.1 And finally Sri Lanka see the back of Litton! End of a very important innings - in the context of this game and wider. Theekshana has pushed this through around middle and leg, and Litton looks to slog this over midwicket. Only manages a thick edge though, that pops up to short third 155/511.1 And he strikes straight away! It's that deep slip/fine short third in action once again! Back of a length cutter outside off and Towhid has a hard swing at this. Even then, the edge dies on KJP as the ball reaches him. Dives forward and holds on well 76/311.4 Scooped...straight to short fine leg! Binura has his third! This was pace-off on a back of a length, Mehidy looks to go across and scoop this over the keeper and fine leg, but there just wasn't enough pace on the ball 78/419.4 And again! Shamim's urgency has done him in here! Rishad misses the wide yorker, and Shamim is already on his bike. But Kusal again does brilliantly to throw down the stumps. Had Shamim not tried for the earlier single, he would have been on strike and Bangladesh would be two wickets to the better 171/719.3 This was a well-directed fuller one, that Shamim misses. Shamim though calls immediately for the single, and Jaker is not expecting it. Kusal takes aim and fires down the stumps at the striker's end 171/6Extras7 (b 1, lb 4, w 2)TOTAL177/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Parvez Hossain Emon, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Tanzid Hasan, 1.6 ov), 3-76 (Towhid Hridoy, 11.1 ov), 4-78 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 11.4 ov), 5-155 (Litton Das, 18.1 ov), 6-171 (Jaker Ali, 19.3 ov), 7-171 (Shamim Hossain, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Thushara 4 0 30 1 7.5 13 2 2 0 0 B Fernando 4 0 31 3 7.75 7 1 2 0 0 MD Shanaka 2 0 23 0 11.5 2 1 2 0 0 M Theekshana 4 0 30 1 7.5 7 1 1 1 0 JDF Vandersay 4 0 40 0 10 1 2 1 1 0 C Karunaratne 2 0 18 0 9 2 2 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 walks past one! This is a slowed-up legbreak, pitching shortish outside off stump. Maybe Rishad saw Nissanka coming. In any case, the batter is nowhere near the pitch, plays a half-hearted defensive shot, and the ball turns past him. Litton takes off the bails with the batter about a metre out 71/51.5 Shamim Hossain runs Kusal Mendis out with a direct hit from point. This was a length ball just on off stump. Kusal fends it away and they call for the run. Shamim swoops on the ball, picks it up cleanly, and throws down the non-striker's stumps to catch Mendis about a metre short. Spectacular work 19/12.5 poked ever so gently to point. This was a length ball outside off - hittable by Perera's standards. Instead of cutting it though, he just pushed at it and sent it floating just over the head of point, where Rishad Hossain reaches out with both hands and captures the ball like a child netting a butterfly 21/24.1 you can't keep Shamim out of the game! Avishka gets a full ball on the legs and tries to flick it high over the deep square leg boundary. But Shamim runs around at that position to take an excellent sprinting catch. Sri Lanka are in trouble now. 25/35.1 full delivery wide of off, just short of yorker length. Asalanka tries to squeeze down on it but misses. Or has he? Bangladesh appeal for caught behind. Given not out on the field, but Bangladesh review. Avishka has hit that - just a sliver of a toe-edge on snicko. Sri Lanka slide further. 30/411.1 holes out to deep midwicket. I think Sri Lanka's final hopes go with Shanaka, who gets out swinging. This was flat, on the stumps, and with the required rate being what it is, Shanaka figures he has to hit out. The slog sweep catches the under-half of his bat though, and the fielder on the boundary runs in to take this catch. Bangladesh are running away with this. 73/710.4 Karunaratne's return with the bat is a timid one. He gives the simplest return catch to Rishad off the leading edge, who accepts it like a child holding their hands out for a sweet. Bangladesh are into the (long) tail now. I think that may have been a slider - Karunaratne played for turn 71/612.5 scoops this into the hands of short fine leg, where Mustafizur Rahman runs back to take good catch over his shoulder. This was a slower one from Saifuddin, which means that although the length was right the pace was not. Vandersay shuffles to off and shovels it over his shoulder, but Mustafiz can get to i with a couple of big strides. Holds it above his head 83/814.6 Theekshana edges this behind. Bangladesh are one away. This is a fullish ball angled well across the batter. Theekshana swings and gets a thin edge I think. It's a slower ball so it dies on Litton, but he gets his gloves comfortably beneath it 93/915.2 is Binura stumped? Litton seems confident. Yes, his foot is in the air when the stumps light up. That's it for Sri Lanka. This was a looped up ball wide of off, turning away, tempting Binura into a big shot over cover. He overbalances, drags his back foot out of the crease, and Litton snaps the bails off. It's fitting that the captain puts the final touch on this win. 94/10Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL94 all out (15.2 Overs, RR: 6.13)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Kusal Mendis, 1.5 ov), 2-21 (Kusal Perera, 2.5 ov), 3-25 (Avishka Fernando, 4.1 ov), 4-30 (Charith Asalanka, 5.1 ov), 5-71 (Pathum Nissanka, 10.2 ov), 6-71 (Chamika Karunaratne, 10.4 ov), 7-73 (Dasun Shanaka, 11.1 ov), 8-83 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 12.5 ov), 9-93 (Maheesh Theekshana, 14.6 ov), 10-94 (Binura Fernando, 15.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shoriful Islam 3 0 12 2 4 13 2 0 1 0 Mohammad Saifuddin 3 0 21 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 Mustafizur Rahman 3 0 14 1 4.66 8 1 0 1 0 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3 0 26 1 8.66 4 1 1 0 0 Rishad Hossain 3.2 0 18 3 5.4 9 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
13 July 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (Litton Das 27, Towhid Hridoy 23, Ex 0)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 2
- Litton Das: 50 off 39 balls (1 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (Litton Das 27, Shamim Hossain 22, Ex 1)
- Bangladesh: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Bangladesh - 177/7 in 20.0 overs (Rishad Hossain 0, Mohammad Saifuddin 6)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 5.1: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - KIC Asalanka (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 5
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