Bangladesh defeat Sri Lanka in Super Fours thriller at Asia Cup

The Super Fours signifier of the Asia Cup opens with Bangladesh beating Sri Lanka by 4 wickets successful Dubai.

Attacking half-centuries from Saif Hassan and Towhid Hridoy helped Bangladesh stun Sri Lanka by 4 wickets successful the opening Super Four lucifer astatine the Asia Cup.

Hassan scored 61 runs disconnected 45 balls, with 2 fours and 4 sixes, and Hridoy deed 58 disconnected 37 with 2 sixes, arsenic Bangladesh won with a shot to spare aft a melodramatic last implicit connected Saturday.

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With 5 runs needed disconnected the past six balls, Jaker Ali deed Dasun Shanaka for a first-ball four, and past was bowled. Shanaka past sent backmost Mahedi Hasan for a two-ball duck.

On the penultimate delivery, Nasum Ahmed and Shamim Hossain, 14 not retired disconnected 12, ran hard to extremity Sri Lanka’s unbeaten run.

Bangladesh finished with 169-6 for its third-highest palmy pursuit successful Twenty20s.

Earlier, Shanaka’s 64 not retired disconnected 37 balls helped powerfulness Sri Lanka to 168-7.

India and Pakistan look disconnected successful the adjacent Super Four crippled connected Sunday — their 2nd clash successful the tourney aft the arguable no-handshakes radical match.

Despite a speedy opening basal betwixt Pathum Nissanka (22) and Kusal Mendis (34), Sri Lanka was reduced to 65-3 successful 9.1 overs aft Mahedi Hasan struck twice.

Bangladesh’s Saif Hassan plays a changeable during the Asia Cup cricket lucifer [Altaf Qadri/AP]

Shanaka past took complaint and scored 50 disconnected 30 balls, including 2 fours and 5 sixes. He deed six sixes successful all, and enactment up 57 disconnected 27 balls with Charith Asalanka for the 5th wicket.

In the 19th over, Asalanka was dropped and past tally retired disconnected the aforesaid transportation successful his 21 disconnected 12 balls. Shanaka, besides dropped, stayed unbeaten till the end.

Vital momentum was mislaid successful the implicit by the tally retired and Mustafizur Rahman 2 wickets.

Tanzid Hasan was bowled for a two-ball duck, but it did not deter his partner, who counterattacked Sri Lanka. Bangladesh skipper Litton Das (23) shared 59 disconnected 34 balls for the 2nd wicket.

Bangladesh was 59-1 successful the powerplay with Saif Hassan leading. He reached 50 disconnected 36 balls.

Hassan and Hridoy combined for 54 arsenic Bangladesh’s pursuit gained momentum.

Hridoy guided the pursuit towards the decorativeness enactment with 50 disconnected 31 balls. He was trapped successful the 19th implicit by Dushmantha Chameera, but Shamin Hossain helped to decorativeness disconnected the crippled contempt the last implicit drama.

It was Bangladesh’s archetypal palmy 160-plus pursuit successful 16 attempts — the erstwhile lawsuit was successful March 2024, besides against Sri Lanka.