2024-03-10 12:25:40
The beginning with Nazmul Hossain Shanto. Then Tawheed Hriday and Mahmudullah Riyad. Hattrick completed by Nuan Thusara. ‘Lasith Malinger’ bowling action of Thusara. Sri Lanka did not play him in the first two T20Is.
Today, the right-arm pacer got a chance. Mahmudullah LBW after bowling Shanto and Tawheed to complete the hat trick. He is Sri Lanka’s fifth and the second Sri Lankan to score a hat-trick against Bangladesh after Lasith Malinga. Soumya Sarkar and Shariful Islam became his victims after the hat-trick. A brilliant right-arm pacer in the first Fifer of his career. That is the random Bangladesh.
From out of the box, Thusara entered the XI and just blew away Bangladesh in the last match to decide the series. Chasing the target of 175 runs given by Sri Lanka, Bangladesh could not score more than 146 runs. Thusara became the fourth Sri Lankan to win the match with 5 wickets in T20s to win the series 2-1.
At the end of the match Bangladesh scoreboard was 146 but the start was embarrassing. When Zaker Ali got out, the scoreboard was 32 for 6! Earlier, Bangladesh had never lost so many wickets for so few runs. Bangladesh batsmen are disoriented by the attack of Thusara. There was nothing to answer. Standing there as a wall Rishad Hossain showed charisma. Fifty off 26 balls.
Where he hit 7 sixes and beat the field. After hitting two spinners Hasaranga and Thiksana for 6 sixes, Binura sent Fernando to the gallery over mid-wicket. Get fifty easily. But he could not pull the team far alone. Being 58 runs away from victory, Rishad returned to the dressing room with 53 runs. The hope of victory was already over. Rishad’s innings only salvaged some value. Otherwise they would have been shy of all out with a minimum of 70 runs. Liton (7), Shanta (1), Soumya (11), Tawheed (0), Mahmudullah (0), Zaker (4) and Mahedi (19) were out quickly.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat for the third consecutive match. Sri Lanka’s innings was pulled by Kushal Mendis alone. The right-handed opener scored a maximum of 86 runs off 55 balls. There were 6 fours and a six in the innings arranged at a strike rate of 156.36. Kushal took time to settle at the start of the innings. Played the ball and scored runs. After settling in, attacked around the wicket with ease. Pulled the short ball and hit a six. Hit the spinner and pacer over the head for a six. Square cut also got a six over point.
Fifty off 35 balls. After that, he ran quickly forward. He had a chance of a century. Pacer Taskin stopped his innings in the 17th over. Soumya caught the right hand pacer’s short ball at mid-wicket. Except for Mendis, no one could cross the 20 mark. Dasun Shanaka scored the second highest 19 runs. Shanaka was run out in the last ball of the innings with 19 runs off 9 balls, 2 fours and 1 six. Besides, captain Wanindu Hasaranga scored 15 runs, Kamindu Mendis scored 12 runs and Angelo Mathews scored 10 runs.
Mostafizur Rahman was the most expensive among the Bangladeshi bowlers. He got 1 wicket with 47 runs in 4 overs. He hit 3 fours and a six on his way to 11.75 runs per over. Taskin is the best of the team with 2 wickets. He gave 25 runs. Rishad also got 2 wickets for 35 runs.
After Sri Lanka won the first match by 3 runs, Bangladesh turned around and won the second match by 8 wickets. Bangladesh had a chance to win T20 for the first time against Sri Lanka. But Bangladesh lost the last match very badly.
The two teams will play a three-match ODI and two-match Test series ahead.