Sri Lanka: Half a century of Charis Asalanka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa beat former T20 World Champion Sri Lanka with five tickets to the sloppy Bangladesh side in their creepy Super 12 opening game on Sunday.
Asalanka defeated 80 out of 49 undefeated.
And Rajapaksa broke 53 out of 31 to 1725, seven behind Sri Lanka.
Previously, Bangladesh hit a challenging total of 1714 after being put in a racket.
“It was not the easiest target to chase but once batsmen are set, any target can be chased,” Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said. “It was an outstanding inning from Asalanka. It’s very important that youngsters step up at this stage, it was really nice to see that.”
Bangladesh got off to a hard start after the high-speed bowler fired batter Liton Das, who was involved in a quarrel with Sri Lankan high-speed bowler Rahil Kumara.
Das teammate Mohammad Naim was also involved, and when pushing Kumara, the two players faced each other before leaving the Sri Lankan player.
Before the start in Bangladesh left the field, Das and Kumara exchanged heated words.
After Bangladesh suffered an unexpected defeat against Scotland in qualifying. An unexpected Group 1 clash between the two Asian countries became possible.
Sri Lanka crossed at 71-1 am when Shakibu Alhasan’s twin strokes held the 2014 World Champion in their first over.
Shahid became the greatest T20 World Cup wickets car of all time at the age of 41. When Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi cleanly bowled Patum Nissanka and Abishka Fernando ahead of Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi.
“I thought 171 could be defended,” Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah said. “We were in the game ’till the tenth over, but things went wrong for us after that. We will correct that in the next game.”
His previous encounters in the field seemed to have influenced Das, who dropped both Asa Lanka and Rajapaksa. In Bangladesh’s innings, Mohammad Naim (62). And Mushfiqur Rahim (57) cleverly read the late ticket gates of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Which was reissued last year.
Mushfiqur used all his experience to play some exquisite square cuts. And wasn’t afraid to send Midwicket a quick delivery for two sixes.
Sri Lanka seemed happy with the start and ended the premier leg spinner.
Wanindu Hasalanga with four overs after paying back 029 of the three bowling.
England and Australia, which won the opening games against the West Indies and South Africa on Saturday, are the other countries in Group 1.
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