The Sri Lankan team was able to win by 3 points in the first 20-20 match held today (4) in relation to the Bangladesh tour of the Sri Lankan team. Accordingly, it was notable that Sri Lanka managed to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match 20-20 series.
In that match, the Sri Lankan team, which entered the field to bat first on the invitation of the Bangladesh captain, scored 206 runs for the loss of only 3 wickets at the end of the scheduled 20 overs.
In pursuit of that target, Angelo Mathews was able to take Lithan Das for the first wicket before the Bangladesh scoreboard was operational. Sawmya Sarkar could collect only 12 runs. Mathews, who was back in action, removed Tawheed Hirdoi from the field as the third wicket for 8 runs. Najmul Hussain Shanto was dismissed for 20 runs by Matisha Pathirana as the fourth wicket. However, Mahmudullah Riyadh is militant launched an innings and scored 54 runs. Also, Jaker Ali scored 68 runs with a brilliant batting performance. Mehedi Hasan was out for 16 runs. While bowling for Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews, Binura Fernando and Dasun Shanaka took 2 wickets each.
The Bangladesh captain, who won the toss in this match held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh, invited Sri Lanka to score first. Accordingly, Sri Lanka entered the field limiting the opening contact to 4 runs and Avishka Fernando got out for 4 runs by giving an easy catch to the wicket keeper. After that, Kamidu Mendis, who joined Kusal Mendis, could not stay on the wicket for long. Accordingly, Kamidu left the field as the second wicket for 19 runs.
Score summaries
Sri Lanka - 206/3 (20* (Kusal Mendis 59, Sadheera Samarawickrama 61 not out, Charith Nasanka 44 not out, Kamidu Mendis 19, Shoriful Islam 47/1, Taskin Ahmed 40/1, Rishad Hussain 32/1
Bangladesh - 202/8 (20* (Mahamudullah Riyad 54, Sawmya Sarkar 12, Najmul Hussain 20, Jaker Ali 68, Angelo Mathews 17/2, Binura Fernando 41/2, Matisha Pathirana 41/1, Mahish Thiekshana 32/1, Dasun Shanaka 36/2*