The World T20 match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ended with a great fight. Two Asian teams met in the 15th match of the T20 World Cup. This match was one of the most important matches of Group D. Bangladesh won by just two wickets after a great fight in this match held on West Indies ground. Tawhid Hriday, Mostafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain's extraordinary performance has earned Bangladesh two valuable points!
Bangladesh team got a direct place in the main stage of the 2024 T-20 World Cup. However, Bangladesh's performance in the T20 has always been disappointing. Although Bangladesh performs relatively well in the ODI format, Bangladesh does not perform very well in T20 and Test formats. This team's performance in the last T20 World Cup is the big proof. Bangladesh is sometimes seen losing against smaller teams. Recently, the Bangladesh team lost the T20 series against the United States of America with a margin of 2-1!
On the other hand, the recent performance of the Sri Lankan team is also not satisfactory at all. T20 world champions Sri Lanka have not been able to return to their former form after the retirement of their legendary players. So often the team is seen performing badly. The team also failed to qualify for the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan. Despite the change of many players from the coaching staff, Sri Lanka's team performance has not changed satisfactorily. In the first match of the World Cup, the team lost badly to South Africa.
Sri Lanka face Bangladesh in their 2nd match after South Africa. Sri Lanka are always seen performing well against Bangladesh. The fate of Sri Lanka in the 2nd round of qualifiers depended a lot on the Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka match. So Sri Lanka badly needed win in that match. But the Sri Lankans failed again in the Bangladesh exam!
After winning the toss at the beginning of the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto decided to bowl. The team invited Sri Lanka to bat first. As a result, Pathum Nishanka and Kusal Mendis came to open for Sri Lanka Although Kusal Mendis got out with 10 runs off 8 balls, Sri Lanka started the team's opening well. The team collected 48 runs in the first five overs. But then Sri Lanka's batting disaster began. In the last 15 overs, the team lost eight wickets and collected only 77 runs. Spinner Rishad Hossain and pacer Mostafizur Rahman have done great bowling for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh got off to a bad start in response to Sri Lanka's 126 runs. Tanzim Shakib and captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto could not stay on the field after losing the wicket of Soumya Sarkar in the beginning. After losing the first three wickets for just 28 runs, Liton Das and Tawhid Hridoy played really well. The two averaged a match winning partnership of 63 runs. The partnership was broken when Tawhid Hridoy got out after hitting hasaranga with three sixes in three balls.
Bangladesh needed only 34 runs from 50 balls to win the match. But the Sri Lankan bowlers did a great job after that. Bangladesh lost four wickets in a row due to the excellent bowling of Hasaranga and Nuwan Thusara. It was at that time that Mahmudullah Riyad appeared as the savior for Bangladesh. This veteran player ensured the victory of Bangladesh by hitting Dasun Shanaka for a six. As a result, the Bangladesh team won two valuable points by defeating Sri Lanka in the first match of the World Cup!
