Asia Cup: Jaker-Shamim hardly removes Bangladesh, Sri Lanka needs 140 runs to win

Abu Dhabi, September 13 (IANS). Bangladesh gave Sri Lanka a target for 140 runs to win Sri Lanka in the Group B match of Asia Cup 2025 played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Sri Lanka won the throw and decided to bowl first. Bangladesh started very badly. Both openers of the team returned to the score of zero. The third blow was on the score of 53 as 11, the fourth holds 38 and fifth bladder captain Litton Das. Litton Das was rejected for 28 runs from 26 balls. Apart from him, 4 batsmen of the top 5 could not go into two digits. The situation of Bangladesh looked very bad after Litton Das’s wicket fell. It looked like the team would barely reach about 100. But cricket is called a game of uncertainties and it happened. Sri Lanka was unable to take a single wicket in the later 10.1 above. Jaker Ali and Shamim Hussain shared an 86 -Run partnership of 61 balls to bring Bangladesh at 139 against the loss of 5 wickets. Jaaker remained unbeaten at 34 balls by scoring 41 out of 34 balls and 42 of 34 balls. Both increased the challenge of Sri Lanka with the removal of Bangladesh. The target of 140 will not be easy for Sri Lanka on spinners -friendly wickets. Over the past few years, strong competition between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has been observed. There is an excitement and conflict between the two teams. Bangladesh will certainly make the target of 140 difficult for Sri Lanka. It must be seen whether Sri Lanka reaches 140 or not. For Sri Lanka, Vanindu took Hasranga 2, Nuwan Tushara and Chamera took 1-1 wickets. -Ians pack/ share these story tags