Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I- The opening game of the three-match Twenty20 series was won by Sri-Lanka. Bangladesh has little chance of saving the series by winning the second game.
Bangladesh lost the first match of the three-match series by just 3 runs. The Tigers showed an all-round performance against Sri-Lanka to win the second T20 by 8 wickets to level the series 1-1. The series deciding match will be seen in Sylhet on Saturday. The series decider will be played on 9th March at 2.30 pm.
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On Wednesday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, The Tigers won the toss and chose to bowl first against Sri-Lanka. The Lankans, batting first, amassed 165 runs in 20 overs while losing 5 wickets. For the team, Kamindu Mendis scored 37 runs off 27 balls while Kusal Mendis scored 36 runs off 22 balls.
Avishka Fernando failed with bat in 1st match and 2nd match and Sadeera Samarawickrama succeeded with bat in 1st match but got out by 7 runs in 2nd T20 match.
Angelo Mathews and Dasun Shanaka took the team’s collection to 165 with an average of 53 runs from 37 balls in the last pair. Mathews remained unbeaten on 32 runs off 21 balls. Shanaka played an unbeaten innings of 20 runs off 18 balls. Kusal Mendis is a highest run scorer of Sri Lanka Squad. He played two matches and collected 95 runs.
In previous Match, skipper Charith Asalanka scored 28 runs off 14 balls. Two matches collected 72 runs.
Shoriful Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Soumya Sarkar and Mustafizur Rahman took a wicket each.
Even in the first game, Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was captain for three formats, struggled.
He scored 20 runs off 22 balls while pursuing 207 runs.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto, the captain of Bangladesh, was named Man of the Match for his game-winning innings of 53 runs off of 38 balls. In the second Twenty20 International against Sri-Lanka, he got man of the match after scoring a half-century at bat.
In previous match Opening partner Soumya Sarkar got out with 26 runs off 22 balls and Litton Das with 36 runs off 24 balls.
Matheesha Pathirana was forced to leave the field after bowling 3.4 overs due to spasms in his left hamstring during the second Twenty20 match. With 28 runs, he is the only bowler to have taken two wickets.
SL Vs BAN 3rd T20I Match Details :
| Series | Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh 2024 |
| Match | 3rd T20I |
| Date | SAT, Mar 09, 2024 |
| Time | 02:30 PM IST |
| Venue | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet |
Pitch Report :
The Sylhet International Cricket Stadium’s pitch, which favors pacers with its good bounce, promises a balanced match between bat and ball. Because they have the advantage of chasing, teams that win the toss are usually going to choose to field first.
The pacers like bounce in the early few overs, but the hitters take control of the middle and final overs. The ball may not look like much, but the dew will undoubtedly have an effect. At this point, it is best to go directly to the bowling area. In spite of this, the 2nd Twenty20 match’s innings score is 165 runs. But the opponent team’s scheduled over of 166 runs chased the second innings .
Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I Possible Playing 11 –
Sri Lanka :
Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (w), Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (c), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando.
Bangladesh :
Litton Das (w), Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman.
