Bangladesh set 148 for Sri Lanka

Bangladesh have set a 148-run target for Sri Lanka in the fifth encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Sunday.

The tigers finished at 147 losing 7 wickets in their 20 overs after Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and opted to bat first.

Sabbir Rahman’s trademark batting pushed Tigers total to set the fighting target. He hit a fabulous 80-run by 54 balls hitting 10 fours and three sixes.

Shakib Al Hasan added 32-run of 34 balls hitting three boundaries in third wicket stand.

Kulasekara and Mathews of Sri Lanka swung the new ball. However, once the ball got older, Kulasekara looked short of ideas. Dushmantha Chameera though, impressed with raw pace and snared three wickets.


Bangladesh Squad

Mashrafe Mortaza*, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed

Sri Lanka Squad

SL Malinga*, AD Mathews, PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal†, N Dickwella†, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DSNFG Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, MD Shanaka, TAM Siriwardana, JDF Vandersay