Sri Lanka scored 124 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs after losing the toss at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Saturday (June 8). In reply, the Tigers reached the target with 2 wickets and 1 over in hand.
Chasing the target at the beginning, Soumya Sarkar returned to the pavilion before scoring any run.
Another opener Tanzid Tamim also disappointed. He could not understand Nuwan Thushara ball. Thus, Bangladesh lost two wickets in two overs.
Bangladesh scored 50 runs in the ninth over of the innings. Hridoy ends the over with a six off Hasaranga's delivery. This is the first six of the innings.
Liton (38) followed the path of the heart. Hasaranga returned to these two batsmen. The red-greens lost the fifth wicket at 99 runs.
Shakib returned with a great catch in the hands of Theekshana while cutting Pathirana's short ball to stay away from victory. The all-rounder stopped at 8 runs off 14 balls.
Rishad-Taskin also disappointed. Then the experienced Mahmudullah Riyad took to the port of victory for Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the match by 2 wickets with 1 over to spare.
Earlier, Sri Lanka scored 13 runs in the first two overs. Taskin came into the attack in the third over of the innings.
Kusal Mendis scored four fours in the first two balls of his over. However, he was trapped in the length delivery of the Tiger pacer. The opener finally returned to the pavilion at Inside-Edge. Bangladesh got the first wicket.
Pathum Nissanka made Bangladesh worried while he was throwing boundary-over boundary. However, Mustafiz finally returned him to the the pavilion. He scored fifty with 1 six and 7 fours.
In the end, Sri Lanka stopped at 124 runs in the first wicket of Tanjim Shakib in T20 World stage.
