Asia Cup Super-4: Dasun Shanaka's half-century, Sri Lanka target 169 to Bangladesh

Dubai, September 20 (IANS). In the first match of the Asia Cup Super-4, Sri Lanka set a target of 169 runs to win in front of Bangladesh based on half a century of former captain Dasun Shanaka. Bangladesh captain Litton Das won the throw and decided to bowl. Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Mendis quickly began to bat Sri Lanka and add 44 runs for the first wicket. Nisanka was rejected for 22 runs from 15 balls. After this, Kusal Mendis was also rejected for 34 runs from 25 balls. After that, Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals. In the midst of continuous false wickets, former captain Dasun Shanaka recorded an excellent half -century and remained unbeaten with 64 runs of 37 balls and 3 fours. Based on Shanaka’s turn, Sri Lanka scored 168 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Charith Asanka scored 21 of 12 balls and Kusal Perera scored 16 runs from 16 balls. Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup in 2022. Team captain Dasun Shanaka was the only season played in T20 format. In light of Shanaka’s All -Round Capacity, he also got a place in the team this time. In a very important match against Bangladesh, he proved his ability with the bat. Sri Lanka now wants to win the team by showing charisma with the ball. Experienced fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman for Bangladesh bowled the best bowler again. The left -handed deadly bowler took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. He took large wickets from Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis and Hasranga. Mahedi Hasan took 2 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs and Taskin Ahmed took 1 wicket for 37 runs in 4 overs. -Ians pack/ share these story tags