By Admin 
Sri Lanka has scored 168 runs in the first match of the Asia Cup Super-4. The Sri Lankan team was invited to bat first after losing the toss in this match. Sri Lanka started well, but after that the wickets kept falling continuously. Especially Dasun Shanaka’s stormy batting tied Saman, who played a stormy innings of 64 runs in 37 balls.
In-form batsman Pathum Nisanka was dismissed by scoring just 22 runs in this match, but made a big contribution in getting his team a fast start. At the same time, the second opener Kusal Mendis scored 34 runs. Apart from him and Dasun Shanaka, no batsman could play a big innings. Captain Charith Asalanka scored 21 runs in 21 balls. For Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman took the most 3 wickets. Mehdi Hasan took 2 and Taskin Ahmed took one wicket.
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In this innings, the Sri Lankan team started fast and the team was scoring with a run-rate of 9 till the fourth over. Sri Lanka’s first wicket fell on a score of 44, but within the next 21 runs, Sri Lanka lost 3 wickets. The Bangladesh team was seen making a comeback, Kusal Perera and Dasun Shanaka made a small but important partnership of 32 runs in the middle overs to return to Sri Lanka’s match.
After that Dasun Shanaka and Charith Asalanka together added 57 runs in just 27 balls. Captain Asalanka played a rage of 21 runs in 12 balls. Looking at his partnership, it seemed that Sri Lanka could also go to the score of 175-180. But in the last 2 overs, the Bangladesh team returned to a great extent. Bangladesh bowlers conceded just 15 runs in the last 2 overs and also dismissed three batsmen of the opposing team.
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