Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

P Nissanka
114(113) 13x4 - 3x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 33 runs
  • 5x4 - 2x6
11 9 9 17 19 6 9 34
Towhid Hridoy
Towhid Hridoy
96(102) 3x4 - 5x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 31 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
3 4 9 8 13 7 18 34

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O10
M1
R45
W4
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
D Madushanka
D Madushanka
O6.4
M1
R30
W2
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

3-match series level 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

15 March 2024 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Ashish Pant

Thanks for joining in today. With the series locked in, it is all to play for when the two teams meet again on March 18. It is going to be a day game, and we will be in nice and early for that. Thanks for tuning in today. On behalf of Madushka, Sudeep and Harshith, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off.

Mustafa Moudi : "How is Hasaranga not the Player of the Match despite of his All Round Performance?? He not just took 4 Wickets but controlled the flow of runs too while bowling and scored a quick 25 Runs with the Bat. Might be tough for the Referee but Hasaranga's Performance is more deserving than Nissanka !!" I thought they could have shared it.

Kusal Mendis: Firstly, Wanindu bowled really well. And fast bowlers really bowled a couple of good overs. 280 is a very good score in this ground. Wanindu is the main bowler in our team. Batting unit, Pathum and Charith batted really well. Wanindu batted really well in the last few overs. [Final game] I hope we can do our best. Thank You to the Sri Lankan supporters who are here.

Pathum Nissanka is the player of the match: [Translated to English by Naveed Nawaz the assistant coach from Sinhalese] After the three wickets fell, Charith and Pathum decided to bat normally and looking at the score to bat long and get close to the target. Initially it was important they settle down, and then they decided one of them could go after the bowlers.

Najmul Hossain Shanto: He [Towhid] played very well. That's what we want from him. Really happy for him. On a wicket like this, me and Soumya should have batted longer. We will try the next match. [Bowling] We started really well. Middle overs they batted really well. We will be looking forward to the next match and hope we do something special.

Presentation time

10.26pm Sri Lanka huff and puff over the line. They really shouldn't have had to after the mammoth Nissanka-Asalanka stand but Bangladesh came back well. Chasing 287, Sri Lanka got off on the wrong foot losing Avishka in the first over. Mendis and Samarawickrama fell in consecutive overs as Sri Lanka slipped to 43 for 3 in 6.1 overs. But Nissanka and Asalanka put on a record 185-run stand to take Sri Lanka forward. Nissanka scored his sixth ODI ton, while Asalanka fell for 91. A rush of wickets got Bangladesh back into the game, but Wanindu Hasaranga and Dunith Wellalage held their nerves to take Sri Lanka over the line by three wickets.

47.1
2
Towhid Hridoy to Wellalage, 2 runs, And that's that! Short and wide, he stays back and slaps it through covers for a four.

Surely Wellalage will want to get this done with in the next six balls. Sri Lanka need just two to win. Towhid to bowl from around the wicket

END OF OVER:
47 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 285/7 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.06, RRR: 0.66)

  • Pramod Madushan0 (1b)
  • Dunith Wellalage13 (25b)
  • Taijul Islam5-0-43-1
  • Tanzim Hasan Sakib10-0-65-1
46.6
0
Taijul Islam to Pramod Madushan, no run, Slower through the air on middle, he defends

Madushan in now. SL need two. Can they wrap it up in this over?

46.5
W
Taijul Islam to Hasaranga, OUT, Looks to finish it off but departs in the process. Was floated on middle stump, but Taijul had also pulled the length back. Hasaranga looks for a repeat of the previous shot but this time only gets a top edge that balloons straight up. Litton runs across from mid-on and takes a simple catch

PW Hasaranga c Litton Das b Taijul Islam 25 (31m 16b 1x4 2x6) SR: 156.25

46.4
4
Taijul Islam to Hasaranga, FOUR, Fuller on off, he bends down on one knee and slams the slog sweep to the vacant deep midwicket fence
46.3
0
Taijul Islam to Hasaranga, no run, Slightly short, he goes back and slaps it hard but straight to mid-on on the bounce

SL need six

46.2
6
Taijul Islam to Hasaranga, SIX, UP AND OVER! Hasaranga has had enough. Tossed up on leg stump, he backs away, gives himself room and hammers him over mid-on and eventually over the ropes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1WIA FernandoP Nissanka
2nd41BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd1S SamarawickramaP Nissanka
4th185KIC AsalankaP Nissanka
5th7J LiyanageKIC Asalanka
6th16J LiyanageDN Wellalage
7th34PW HasarangaDN Wellalage
8th2Pramod MadushanDN Wellalage