The three-match Twenty20 series is at 1-1. In the first match, Jaker Ali’s late-order performance had put the hosts in the lead, but the visitors pulled off a nervous 3-run triumph. However, the hosts made a huge comeback to win the second Twenty20 International with great vigor, forcing a final. This means that the series’ last game promises to be quite exciting.
Bangladesh will be trying to win the series and will enter the decider with the upper hand. However, after two consecutive bad starts at the bat and some rather mediocre middle-overs bowling, Sri Lanka will be itching to get right. However, they will undoubtedly enter this match with greater balance because Hasaranga is joining them.
A series victory will give either team a huge boost in confidence as the T20 World Cup approaches, so they will be putting their best effort forward against one another.
BAN vs SL Team Preview & Squads
Bangladesh
Despite a shaky start to the chase, the opening Twenty20 match demonstrated the ability of the lower middle-order batsmen to steer their team back on course for a close win. While losing by three runs, they gained knowledge from the experience. Sowmya Sarkar and Litton Das, the openers, played more strategically to set up a substantial run chase and cut down significantly on the number of runs needed for the powerplay. The Sri Lankans were not happy with the third umpire’s contentious ruling, which favored Bangladesh, but the openers added to the suffering.
To finish the pursuit, Captain Shanto scored an important half century. However, the Bangladeshi bowlers set up the victory by using their abilities far more skillfully than they did in the opening game. While Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, and Taskin Ahmed went for runs, Rishad Hossain and Shoriful Islam bowled too brilliantly to be unbeaten. Bangladesh will be looking to establish a solid foundation going into the decider and utilize it to propel itself to a massive total. To keep Sri Lanka to a par or near par score, their bowlers will need to maintain discipline and duplicate their efforts from the second Twenty20.
The T20I series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka has been an unpredictable ride. They won the opening game by a slim margin of three runs. Their batting was outstanding, with captain Charith Asalanka putting on a late show with some potent hitting after openers Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama laid a strong foundation. They bowled confidently early on to destroy the top order of Bangladesh, defending a massive score, but Bangladesh never gave up and carried the game to the end. They were seriously threatened by Jaker Ali’s late blitz, but Dasun Shanaka’s heroics in the last over handed the Lankans the victory.
But things changed dramatically in the second game. Following another cheap wicket, this time for a duck, by Avishka Fernando, Sri Lanka’s batting collapsed. However, the Mendis show ensured that upcoming batters had a platform to start from. None of the three batters who reached the 30-run mark was able to shift into a higher gear and propel the side to an enormous total. They could only muster 165, and they soon discovered it would not be enough to withstand the hosts’ fierce top-order batting display. The aggressive Bangladeshi openers proved too much for the Sri Lankan bowlers to handle, as they were unable to produce consistent breakthroughs, which let the hosts cruise to victory.
They have a few things to work out before the third Twenty20 T20, which will decide the series. The Lankans need to get their top order to score considerably and their bowlers to bowl well in the middle of the innings in the early going in order to put pressure on the hosts.
Bangladesh, who lost the first match by three runs, has done rather well when chasing in both of the games. There’s no telling what Bangladesh will do in the event that they win the toss. Sri Lanka may also be interested in seeing their methods of pursuit.
We are hopeful that there won’t be any weather-related delays because the forecast looks good. For batting, the strip at Sylhet has been useful. Given that the first two matches saw close to 800 runs scored, the third match is probably going to be quite high scoring as well. Bowlers risk severe consequences if their line and length are not accurate.
BAN vs SL Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches
In their last 5 matches, Bangladesh won two of them and Sri Lanka won three matches.
According to cricket analysts, Bangladesh has a 51% chance of winning.
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