Captain Shakib Al Hasan has been injured. He was therefore unable to play. Instead, Mehdiy Hasan Miraz accepted the captaincy. At Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka in the opening World Cup warm-up game under the direction of Miraz. The winning margin for Mehdy Hasan Miraz’s squad was a wide 7 wickets. With 48 balls on hand, they prevailed in the game.
Previously, Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for 263 runs in 49.1 overs after winning the toss. In response, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Liton Das, and captain Miraz’s valiant batting helped Bangladesh attain their victory target in 42 overs.
By batting for a goal of 264 runs, Bangladesh’s two openers, Liton Das and Tanzid Hasan Tamim, got off to a strong start. By batting 20.4 overs, they both produced a fantastic partnership of 131 runs. When Liton Das was caught by Pathirana off Dushan Hemantha he had 61 runs from 56 balls.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Tanzid Tamim then joined forces to bat in a one-down. They completed a pair of 52 runs. Tanzid Tamim came close to reaching 100. However, he ultimately missed the century. The pavilion was Junior Tamim’s destination after he scored 84 runs off 88 balls. He was caught out by Lahiru Kumara. He had 10 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Towhid Hridoy was powerless to act. strike the golden duck to escape. Mushfiqur Rahim and Miraz went across the next bridge. On 67 from 64 balls, Miraz was unbeaten. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 35 runs off 43 balls to remain unbeaten. For the Lankans, Lahiru Kumara, Dunith Wellalage, and Dushan Hemantha each took one wicket.
Earlier, Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya de Silva each got a couple of fifty-plus runs, but the Lankans were eventually bowled out for 263 runs with 5 balls remaining by the Tigers.
Pathum Nissanka and Kushal Perera, the two openers, got things going well. They batted erratically and combined for 100 runs.
With 34 off 24 balls, Kushal Perera retired hurt and returned to the dressing room. And Kushal Mendis desired to take the field. But in the 15th over, Nasum Ahmed bowled him out for 22 runs off 19 balls.
Mahedi Hasan returned Sadeera Samarawickrama in the subsequent over. In astounding innings, Pathum Nissanka brought a fifty. This batter made 68 runs off of 64 balls when Mahedi caught him.
A slow inning was being played by Charith Asalanka. Also, it was not a terrific innings from him. By hitting 18 out of 32 balls, this batter became Mahedi’s third victim. Because of his captaincy duties, Dasun Shanaka was unable to perform. With only 3 runs in 17 balls, he lost the wicket to Shoriful Islam.
Then, with a direct throw on non-strike, Mahmudullah ran out the batsman Dimuth Karunaratna, who had made 18 from 27 balls. 6 Lankans were dismissed by Bangladesh for 218 runs.
Dhananjaya de Silva wanted to help the squad by scoring important runs. Even with a half-century, he was unable to advance it.
After making 55 runs off 79 balls, Dhananjaya went back to the dressing room with a catch in Mahmudullah’s hands. Sri Lanka was eventually bowled out for 263 runs in 49.1 overs.
Bangladeshi bowler Sheikh Mahedi claimed three wickets for 36 runs. Each Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Shakib, Shariful Islam, and Mehidy Hasan Miraj took one wicket.
Sri Lanka – 263/10 (49.1)
Bangladesh – 264/3 (42.0)
Result – Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
Bangladesh
Bangladesh | Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Litton Das, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Taskin Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzid Hasan, Shoriful Islam |
Sri Lanka | Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Dimuth Karunaratne, Matheesha Pathirana, Charith Asalanka, Dilshan Madushanka, Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka |
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