Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2092dThe Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

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

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MDKJ Perera
MDKJ Perera
64(44) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 30 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
0 0 7 5 30 10 4 8
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful
43(27) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
0 4 13 0 4 4 1 17

Best performances - Bowlers

NLTC Perera
NLTC Perera
O2
M0
R25
W2
Eco12.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
AD Mathews
AD Mathews
O4
M0
R37
W2
Eco9.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

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)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

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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  • 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

  • Time for the old Ashraful

    Mohammad Ashraful has shown a new solidity to his batting on this tour, but the one-off T20I is an ideal time for him to utilise his old strengths and range of strokeplay

  • Pressure on SL to end on high - Chandimal

    Sri Lanka's new Twenty20 captain Dinesh Chandimal has admitted there is significant pressure on the hosts to finish the home series against Bangladesh on a high note

  • Want to end tour with another win - Mushfiqur

    Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants to utilize the tour-ending Twenty20 against Sri Lanka to cure a number of ills that prevail in his side

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9Mohammad AshrafulShamsur Rahman
2nd18Mohammad AshrafulJahurul Islam
3rd41Mohammad AshrafulMushfiqur Rahim
4th17Mushfiqur RahimNasir Hossain
5th50MahmudullahMushfiqur Rahim
6th2MahmudullahMominul Haque
7th19Mominul HaqueSohag Gazi
8th25Abdur RazzakMominul Haque