“Ab karo Nagin dance”- Twitter reacts as Sri Lanka defeats Bangladesh by 2 wickets in a thriller
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Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by chasing 184-run target in a thriller by two wickets on Thursday, September 1 at teh Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka had won the toss and chose to bowl first. With a combined team effort, Bangladesh were able to post 183/7 on the scoreboard.
In response, Sri Lanka lost some wicket wickets. Ebadot Hossain broke the back of Sri Lanka first by dismissing Pathum Nissanka in sixth over. Nissanka had scored 20 runs off 19 balls with two fours and a six. In the same over, Hossain dismissed Charith Asalanka on just one run. In the eigth over, Hossain then dismissed Danushka Gunathilaka. Gunathilaka had scored 11 runs off six balls with two fours.
Taskin Ahmed then dismissed Bhanuka Rajpaksa on two runs. Other Sri Lankan opener Kushal Mendis was the high-scorer for Sri Lanka with his knock of 60 runs off 37 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.
But in the fifteenth over, he became a victim of Mustafizur Rahman. Rahman banged one in short and gave width outside the off stump. Mendis looked to guide this over the third man fielder but did not get enough bat on it. Taskin Ahmen came running in from the deep and dived forward to take a wonderful catch.
Sri Lanka captian Dasun Shanaka scored 45 runs off 33 balls with three boundaries and two sixes but in the eighteenth over, Mahedi Hasan tossed up the ball in the middle and Shanaka loft it high but the bat turned in his hand and it went to long on where Mosaddek Hossain grabbed it.
Chamika Karunarate scored 16 runs off 10 balls while Asitha Fernando played an unbeaten knock of 10 runs off three ball with two fours to take Sri Lanka to 184, winning the match by two wickets.
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