Rain has delayed the start of Bangladesh innings in their Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka batting report:
Bangladesh kept their hopes alive for a place in the Asia Cup final as they restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 232 in 49.5 overs in the final round robin league match here on Tuesday.
Chamara Kapugedera (62), Lahiru Thirimanne (48) and Upul Tharanga (48) made significant contributions in the middle—order after a top—order collapse saw the islanders reeling at 32 for three in 10 overs.
Comeback man Nazmul Hossain was the pick of the bowlers with figures of three for 32, while left—arm spinners Shakib—al Hasan (2/56) and Abdur Razzaq (2/44) also got important breakthroughs.
Medium pacer Hossain, who was drafted into the playing XI in place of Shafiul Islam, struck a triple blow to reduce Sri Lanka to 32 for three within the first 10 overs after Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim opted to field.
Nazmul, who played his last ODI back in October last year, bowled with control as he rocked the Lankan top—order, removing the seasoned trio of Mahela Jayawardene (5), Tillekaratne Dilshan (19) and Kumar Sangakkara (6).
Jayawardene, who has played some poor shots in the two earlier matches, once again tried to play across the line to a delivery that moved in a shade and breached his defence as his off—stump was dislodged.
Sangakkara played a rank bad shot as he tried to play an expansive cover drive off Nazmul only to be caught by Nazimuddin.
Dilshan hit three boundaries during his brief stay but then inside—edged one on to his stumps as there was minimal footwork from the former Sri lanka captain.
Thirimanne and Kapugedera then joined hands to stem the rot. The duo didn’t take too many risks as they went on doing their job quietly.
The 88 runs they added did not come at a great pace and there were only five boundaries during their stay of little under 23 overs. They concentrated on taking singles as the 100 came up in the 28th over.
Thirimanne missed out on a half century when he charged out to a Razzaq delivery that was going down the leg—side. The ball richocheted off Rahim’s pads and hit stumps with the batsman out of his ground. Thirimanne’s 48 came off 73 balls with three hits to the fence.
Kapugedera completed his eighth ODI half—century with a push towards mid—on that fetched him two runs. He found an able ally in Upul Tharanga (48, 44 balls, 5x4, 1x6), who was positive from the onset as they added 49 runs for the fifth wicket stand.
Kapugedera was finally dismissed for a well—made 62 off 93 balls (4x4) when he tried to hit a cover drive off Razzaq only to find Shakib pouching a brilliant low catch.
Ferveez Maharoof (3) and Nuwan Kulasekara (1) soon followed and Sri Lanka were again down in the dumps with the scorecard reading 183 for seven.
But Tharanga didn’t stop playing his shots as he hit Shakib for a huge six over long on and then pushed down fine leg for a boundary that brought the team’s 200. Tharanga also missed out on a half century when he edged one off Shahadat Hossain trying to steer it down to third—man.
Sachitra Senanayake (19 not out, 3x4) and Lasith Malinga (10) - who added a valuable 26 runs for the ninth wicket - gave the Lankan total some respectability.
Scoreboard:
Sri Lanka:
Mahela Jayawardene b Nazmul 5
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Nazmul 19
Kumar Sangakkara c Nazimuddin b Nazmul 6
Chamara Kapugedera c Shakib b Abdur 62
Lahiru Thirimanne st Mushfiqur b Abdur 48
Upul Tharanga c Mushfiqur b Shahadat 48
Farveez Maharoof c Mushfiqur b Shakib 3
Nuwan Kulasekara lbw b Shakib 1
Sachithra Senanayake not out 19
Lasith Malinga b Mashrafe 10
Suranga Lakmal run out 0
Extras (LB 3, W 8) 11
Total (all out in 49.5 overs) 232
Fall of wickets: 1—19, 2—29, 3—32, 4—120, 5—169, 6—175, 7—183, 8—204, 9—230, 10—232
Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 9.5—1—30—1, Nazmul Hossain 8—1—32—3, Shahadat Hossain 8—0—51—1, Abdur Razzak 10—0—44—2, Shakib Al Hasan 10—1—56—2, Mahmudullah 4—0—16—0.
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