Live updates on the Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 matchup showed that Sri Lanka (257/9) defeated Bangladesh (236 all out) by a margin of 21 runs in Colombo.
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Live Score, Asia Cup 2023 Super 4:At the Asia Cup 2023’s Super 4 stage opener on Saturday in Colombo, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs. As Bangladesh collapsed for 236 in 48.1 overs while defending 257, sri lankan captain Dasun Shanaka, Matheesha Pathirana, and Maheesh Theekshana each claimed three wickets. The only standout with a bat in the Bangladeshi camp was Towhid Hridoy, who received little help from his colleagues. In 97 balls, Hridoy scored 82 goals.Bangladesh had a strong start to the chase with the openers compiling a stand of more than 50 runs.
However, the middle-over collapse was brought on by Sri lankan bowler Shanaka’s double blow. Then Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim added 72 runs for the fifth wicket to put the house in order. Prior to being dismissed for 93(72), Sadeera Samarawickrama put forth an outstanding performance as Sri Lanka amassed 257/9 in 50 overs. His contribution allowed Sri Lanka to bounce back despite losing half of their team with only 164 runs scored.Sri Lanka was in a strong position before Shoriful Islam broke the 50-plus stand between Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis, with the latter being dismissed just after reaching his half-century, and brought Bangladesh back into the match. Nissanka was expelled for forty (60). In the meantime, this was Bangladesh’s second loss in as many Super 4 games.
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About Sri lanka team
:Under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s national cricket team saw significant success in the 1990s, going from being the underdog to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996. The team has remained a major player in international cricket ever since. The Sri Lankan cricket team had back-to-back appearances in the finals of the Cricket World Cups in 2007 and 2011. They were unsuccessful in winning either time.Sri Lanka won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), the Cricket World Cup in 1996 (against Australia), and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (against India). They finished second in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and 2012, and they finished second in back-to-back Cricket World Cups in 2007 and 2011. Several world records are now held by the Sri Lankan cricket team, including the record for the highest team total in a Test match.
The British brought cricket to the island as a result of colonisation; according to The Colombo Journal, the first game was played in 1832.[11] A national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was established by the 1880s and started competing in first-class matches by the 1920s. In 1965, the national cricket team of Ceylon became an associate member of the International Cricket Council. The national side made their debut in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they lost to the West Indies by nine wickets at the 1975 Cricket World Cup in Old Trafford, England, after being renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
The International Cricket Conference granted Sri Lanka Test cricket status in 1981. On February 17, 1982, they faced off against England in their maiden Test at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s captain in that game, which England won by seven wickets, was Bandula Warnapura.[13] Sri Lanka received Test status on July 21, 1981, becoming the eighth country to play in the format. They had to wait until September 6, 1985, to score their first Test victory, defeating India by 149 runs in the second game of the series at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo.[14][15] They also triumphed in the 2001–2002 Asian Test Championship, defeating Pakistan by an innings and 175 runs in the final.
On September 11, 1985, they defeated India in their maiden Test match under the direction of Duleep Mendis, prevailing by a score of 149 runs at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.[17] They ultimately prevailed 1-0 in the three-match Test series.[18] Before winning their next series against New Zealand in December 1992, they had to wait more than seven years. They won the two-match series 1-0.[19] This was swiftly followed by a one-Test series triumph over England by one wicket.[20]
Two years later, on 15 March 1995, their first overseas Test match under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga against New Zealand, when they beat them by 241 runs at Napier.[21] This win also resulted in their first overseas Test series victory, 1–0.[22] Their next series too was an overseas series, against Pakistan, and that one too resulted in Sri Lankan victory.[23]
they registered their first ODI win against India at Old Trafford, England on 16 June 1979.
