Kusal Perera sets up Sri Lanka's win
A marauding Kusal Perera set the platform for Sri Lanka's 198 for 5, which proved 17 runs too many for the valiant Bangladesh batsmen, in the one-off Twenty20 in Pallekele
31/03Result
Only T20I, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Mar 31 2013
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
198/5 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
181/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
31/03Result
Only T20I, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Mar 31 2013
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
198/5 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
181/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
MDKJ Perera
64(44) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %75%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 30 runs
- 2x4 - 2x6
Mohammad Ashraful
43(27) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %75%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 23 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
NLTC Perera
- O2
- M0
- R25
- W2
- Eco12.50
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
AD Mathews
- O4
- M0
- R37
- W2
- Eco9.25
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.45
Match days
31 March 2013 (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SRI LANKA 198/5 (20 OVERS)
- Jeevan Mendis37 (17)
- Kusal Perera64 (44)
- Mahmudullah1/28 (4)
- Sohag Gazi1/30 (4)
BANGLADESH 181/7 (20 OVERS)
- Mohammad Ashraful43 (27)
- Mushfiqur Rahim39 (29)
- Angelo Mathews2/37 (4)
- Thisara Perera2/25 (2)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit
END OF OVER:20 | 7 Runs | BAN: 181/7 (18 runs required, RR: 9.05)
- Abdur Razzak6 (8b)
- Mominul Haque26 (16b)
- Lasith Malinga4-0-27-1
- Shaminda Eranga4-0-37-0
That ends Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka, and that is time for us to say good bye. Good bye.
Dinesh Chandimal: "As captain, I am happy about my first win. Kusal Perera gave us the start and we continued after that. We put up a good total, that is why we won. Malinga and Mathews gave me a lot of advice. I could not come up with a good performance but I am happy with the win as captain."
Mushfiqur Rahim: "We gave 20 runs more. That makes a difference. We achieved a lot of positives in the Test and ODIs, but still lot of scope of improvement. One of our goals was to play consistent cricket."
Kusal Perera is the Man of the Match. Kusal: "Enjoyed my knock. Little pace and bounce earlier, after that it came on very nicely. I am not copying anyone, but people say I bat a bit similar to Sanath Jayasuriya. First six overs, I am always trying to hit boundaries with the field restrictions."
Bangladesh falling short by 17 runs. They conceded 19 wides to Sri Lanka's five, leaked 56 runs from overs 17 to 19 in Sri Lanka's innings, and Ashraful got a poor decision.
Sri Lanka stay at the top of the ICC T20 rankings. Victory for Chandimal in his first game as captain. He has Kusal Perera, Jeevan Mendis and Thisara Perera to thank
Orko: "Well they never gave up, must give that to the BD team... I liked the fighting spirit... The pace attack needs to improve drastically; it's all that this comes down to..."
19.6
1
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, digs out a yorker around leg down the ground
Bangladesh's highest score in a T20 chase
19.5
3
Malinga to Mominul Haque, 3 runs, swung away through midwicket, pulled back just inside
19.4
0
Malinga to Mominul Haque, no run, swinging away, just inside the marker, very full, and he misses again
19.3
0
Malinga to Mominul Haque, no run, can't connect with a one in the blockhole widish outside off
19.2
2
Malinga to Mominul Haque, 2 runs, widish full toss eased down to the sweeper
19.1
1
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, makes some room and drives a full one hard, but straight to extra cover on the edge of the circle
Bangladesh have come reasonably close in the end
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