A nerveless Mah mu dullah has hurled the penultimate bundle of the diversion for an astounding 6 to impel Bangladesh to the last of the NIDAHAS Trophy, dazzling Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in a humdinger.
T h e Tigers will go up against India in the T20I tri-arrangement last on Sunday, subsequent to pursuing down the hosts' 159 for 7 at the R Premadasa Stadium on Friday.
T h e bad habit commander hung on his nerves for a matchwinning unbeaten 43 off 18 balls in the feeling charged virtual elimination round that wandered aimlessly fiercely.
Sri Lan ka got the high ground before Bang la desh had a consistent begin to theie pursue. Akila Dananjaya disposed of Liton Das for 0, and after that had Sabbir Rahman baffled for 13.
Opener Tamim Iqbal and in-shape Mushfiqur Rahim played brilliant cricket and concentrated on singles to dial down the weight.
T a m i m demonstrated hostility against the spinners and included 50 keeps running off 40 conveyances for the third wicket.
Mushfiqur crossed 1,000 T20I keeps running with a solitary in his 28-run thump yet hit straight to Kusal Perera at additional cover off Amila Aponso, endeavoring to quicken the run rate.
Spinners struck to bring Sri Lanka back in the diversion, picking five wickets for 51 rushes to see Bangladesh slip from 97 for 2 to 109 for 5.
Tamim fell soon, yet simply subsequent to scoring his fifth T20I fifty.
Mah mu dullah was joined by Soumya Sarkar yet the left-hander did not keep going long: he ran after the wicket and edged Jeevan Mendis to the manager for 10 as the required run-rate continued taking off.
Cap tain Shakib Al Hasan, once again from damage for this crunch amusement to lift the spirits of the group, complimented to trick. He flicked an Isuru Udana conveyance down the leg straight to fine leg off to walk out on him requiring 23 off 12.
In any case, Man-of-the-Match Mahmudullah kept Bangladesh's expectations alive and his head, too, picking the incidental limits and running difficult for singles to ensure the asking rate does not winding past the compass.
With 12 required off 7, Mehedi Hasan Miraj was run out from an immediate hit after he neglected to interface with a bouncer. The following ball, Mustafizur Rahman, in distress to get Mahmudullah on strike, got himself run out.
Bang la desh were despondent that Udana's second in a row bouncer was not called a no-ball.
The square-leg umpire clearly extended his arm to flag a no-ball, however in the long run it was regarded a legitimate conveyance once Mustafizur was out.
High dramatization took after as Shakib raged out close to the limit reserve and called his players the field, which, on the off chance that they had obliged, would mean Bangladesh relinquishing the match and getting excluded.
Be that as it may, better sense won and the group chose to continue with the amusement.
There were to be more fracas later on with Bangladesh's substitutes and Sri Lanka's defenders having a run-in.
After three spot balls and two run-outs, Mahmudullah was back on hit with 8 required off 3 balls.
He hit one-gave a full and wide one from Udana over additional cover for a truly necessary limit and took two more off a low full hurl in the accompanying conveyance.
The bastman at that point indifferently propelled a moderate and full one over profound square leg into the stands to start off wild festivals by the partners and leave the hosts shell-stunned.
Prior, counterattacking cameos by Kusal Perera and Thisara Perera lifted Sri Lanka to 159 for 7 after they were tottering at 41 for 5 in the ninth over.
The Pereras included 97 keeps running for the 6th wicket with Kusal (61 off 40) achieving his tenth and Thisara stroking his lady T20I fifty on approach to 58 off 37.
Bang la desh had picked to bowl first subsequent to calling the coin right.
Shakib rocked the bowling alley a few tight overs compelling Danushka Gunathilaka to attempt a major hit and gap out to long off.
Mustafizur took out Kusal Mendis (11) and Dasun Shanaka for a first-ball duck to store more weight on the hosts.
Mehedi Hasan had a major turn in getting two different wickets, getting Upul Tharanga run out and having Jeevan Mendis gotten.
Be that as it may, with the diversion obviously slipping out of Sri Lanka's hands, the two Pereras mediated to give their side a battling possibility.
At last, however, it was Mahmudullah who stole the show to hand his group an essential w i n.