Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 21 runs

Defending champions of Asia Cup, Sri Lanka on 9 September defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs in the first Super Four match, played at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 257 runs after losing 9 wickets in the Asia Cup 2023, all thanks to a brilliant knock by Sadeera Samarawickrama who scored 93 runs in 72 balls. Opener Pathum Nissanka (40) and Kusal Mendis (50) also contributed to the sqaud.

For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud proved to the most successful bowlers, picking up 3 wickets, while Shoriful Islam took 2 wickets.

Chasing a target of 258 runs,



Bangladesh openers seemed struggling and lost early wickets. Its openers Mohammad Naim (21) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (28) did face the Sri Lankan pacers, but failed to speed up the runrate.

Both of them were sent to pavilion by Dasun Shanaka. While Litton Das (15) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan (3) disappointed, Towhid Hridoy (82) stood firm and gave some hope to the Bangladeshi fans.

However, in the 43.2 over, he was LBW by Maheesh Theekshana and after that the downfall of the Bangladesh team's batting order began. By the end of 48.1 over, the whole Bangladesh team was wrapped up by the Sri Lankan bowlers, as they could only score 236 runs.