The last match of the group stage of the Emerging Asia Cup. Bangladesh had to win to go to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka got off to a flying start chasing the target of 162 runs. Saif Hasan and Parvez Hossain scored 41 runs in 3.3 overs in Imon’s stormy batting. 59 in the power play!
But then Bangladesh lost the match by 19 runs due to the failure of the top order batsmen. They have to withdraw from the group stage. On the other hand, Sri Lanka became the group champion in the semi-finals. Afghanistan also entered the last four with them.
Eamon got out after 41 runs chasing runs, scoring 24 runs off 10 balls, 2 fours and 2 sixes. His strike rate was 240! Then Saif was playing with his hands open. He left the field as a retired heart after scoring 29 runs off 20 balls with 3 sixes. Bangladesh’s team run was 59 then. From there, Naeem Sheikh and Tauhid Hridoy went up to 70 runs. Naeem returned with 8 runs at the head of this run.
After that, Bangladesh started losing wickets quickly. Akbar Ali (9) scored 79 runs, Shamim Patwari (4) scored 87 runs, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi (7) scored 95 runs and Rakibul Hasan (0) scored 117 runs.
From there, Abu Haider Roni was dreaming of Bangladesh. His three sixes in the 16th and 17th overs reduced Bangladesh’s lead. 37 runs were needed to win in the last 3 overs. Can take only 18 runs. Rony remained unbeaten on 38 runs off 25 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes. Rezaur Rahman Raja remains unbeaten on 5 runs with him. And Bangladesh lost 7 wickets and stopped at 142 runs.
Sri Lanka’s Dushan Hemant took 3 wickets with 23 runs in 4 overs. He was also the man of the match.
Before that, Sri Lanka lost 7 wickets and scored 161 runs with the bat of the top order batsmen. Pawan Ratnayake scored 42 runs with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Lahiru Udara 35 with 4 fours and 1 six. 30 runs come from the bat of Shahan Acharya in 2 fours. Yashoda Lanka scored 23 runs with 1 four and 1 six. And captain Nuyanindu Fernando played an innings of 19 runs with 1 four and 1 six. In that, Sri Lanka got a fighting capital of 161 runs.
Bangladesh’s Ripon Mandal and Raja took 2 wickets each.
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