Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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Bangladesh trump Sri Lanka amid high drama in Delhi

The win has put Bangladesh at No. 7 on the points table, giving them an edge in the four-way contest to fill the last two spots at the 2025 Champions Trophy

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KIC Asalanka
KIC Asalanka
108(105) 6x4 - 5x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 22 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
13 1 11 10 24 16 19 14
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Najmul Hossain Shanto
90(101) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 22 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
11 10 9 3 25 19 1 12

Best performances - Bowlers

D Madushanka
D Madushanka
O10
M1
R69
W3
Eco6.90
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
O10
M0
R80
W3
Eco8.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Bangladesh , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.00, Second Session 18.00-21.30

Match days

6 November 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Bangladesh 2, Sri Lanka 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

So the day had started with fear of an abandoned or a shortened game because of the air pollution in Delhi. But very quickly, the topic of discussion became Angelo Mathews' unwanted feat of becoming the first to be timed-out in international cricket. Amid all this, we could forget about Bangladesh's first win over Sri Lanka in ODI World Cups - and Asalanka's century in vain - as the points table got a shake up. If not the World Cup, there is the Champions Trophy to play for. We are at the business end of this tournament, so do join us for the action tomorrow. Until then, it's goodbye and good night from us! Thanks for joining.

Shakib Al Hasan, now as captain: "When I won the toss, I didn't have any hesitation in bowling first because we had trained here [in the dew]. We had to bat deep. Luckily we got a big partnership. Shanto and I applied ourselves really well. We would have loved to finish early - with lesser wickets [lost] - but a win is a win. One of our fielders came to me and said that if I appealed, he would be out. The umpire asked me if I was serious. It's in the laws; I don't know if it's right or wrong. I felt like I was at war. Whatever I had to do, I did it. There will be debates. Today that (the time out) helped, I won't deny that!"

Kusal Mendis: "Charith played a brilliant innings, but we were 30-40 runs short; 320 would have been good enough on this wicket. I'm happy that Pathum, Sadeera and Dilshan are coming through. I think in the future we'll have a very good team which shows promise. We had a couple of injuries, and that was the reason we had so many changes and newcomers. But we also made mistakes; had we played better cricket, we would have a better chance of entering the top four. It's very disappointing. When Mathews came to the crease, there were five seconds left. When he came out, he found out about the strap of the helmet. It was disappointing. We expected him to score runs for us; it's disappointing that the umpires couldn't step in and make good decisions."

Time for the presentations

Murali: "Afg officially made it to Champions trophy" --- Yup, true

Shakib Al Hasan is the Player of the Match: "There wasn't much for the bowlers. We bowled well up front. There were short boundaries. Bowling, we have always felt, wins us more matches. We knew we could fight back. We kept on believing. The ground dimension helped [while batting]. A few shots came off, and I never looked back. We could have been consistent; that is the one disappointment."

Nazmus : "Winning runs off Mathews' ball. Add that to the list of poetic ironies"

Manu Ajmani: "Bangladesh just made the match interesting for a few seconds there... Phew!"

9.57pm Bangladesh hunt down 280 in what is first victory over Sri Lanka in five attempts in an ODI World Cup. That not only ends Sri Lanka's campaign in this World Cup, but also keeps Bangladesh afloat for a spot in the Champions Trophy in 2025. What was 210 for 2 at one stage become 269 for 7 as Bangldesh stuttered and Sri Lanka hoped for a miracle, but Shanto's 90 and Shakib's 82 had set up a solid base already.

41.1
4lb
Mathews to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 4 leg byes, that is four past the keeper's left, and Sri Lanka are eliminated from this World Cup! Tanzim walked down a few steps, even as Mathews bowled short while angling it into him. The ball finished outside leg, as Tanzim tickled it behind off his pads, playing it wide of the keeper

Mathews back

END OF OVER:
41 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 278/7 (2 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 6.78, RRR: 0.22)

  • Tanzim Hasan Sakib5 (5b)
  • Towhid Hridoy15 (7b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana9-0-44-2
  • Dilshan Madushanka10-1-69-3
40.6
1
Theekshana to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, full and a bit wide of off, as it is pushed to extra cover

Just three to win now

40.5
4lb
Theekshana to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 4 leg byes, four leg byes! But Mendis reviews, more out of hope than expectation. It was bowled very full, sliding down the leg side. Tanzim looked to flick but missed, with the ball beating the inside edge before brushing his front pad and rolling away behind the wicket. Impact was outside leg, and so it's not out
40.4
0
Theekshana to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, no run, now drags this sweep off the full ball on off to midwicket
40.3
4
Theekshana to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, FOUR, very full on the stumps, and he gets four! He just lofted that with the line, barely even timing it. But I think the pace on the ball must have helped in taking it over the bowler's head
40.2
0
Theekshana to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, no run, fullish ball outside off, and blocked down

The tail begins, as here comes Tanzim

Videos

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17Litton DasTanzid Hasan
2nd24Litton DasNajmul Hossain Shanto
3rd169Shakib Al HasanNajmul Hossain Shanto
4th1MahmudullahNajmul Hossain Shanto
5th38MahmudullahMushfiqur Rahim
6th6MahmudullahTowhid Hridoy
7th14Mehidy Hasan MirazTowhid Hridoy
8th13Towhid HridoyTanzim Hasan Sakib