2024-03-10 02:40:57
Bangladesh lost the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka by 2-1. This is Bangladesh’s first series loss since the 2022 T20 World Cup. In between, Bangladesh won series against England, Afghanistan, Ireland. The series was drawn against them on New Zealand soil.
Bangladesh lost the first match against Sri Lanka by 3 runs. Won the second match by 8 wickets. Lost the third match on Saturday by 28 runs. Despite losing the series, the captain spoke about playing good cricket.
Shanto said on the awarding stage, ‘They started batting brilliantly. But we came back strong. Especially in the last 4-5 overs. Credit should be given to the bowlers for that. We have to find a way to improve the first six overs if we want to move forward. We played good cricket in three matches. But I could not bring results in both. Rishad, Taskin and Mehdi batted well today. I am happy with their batting.
Pacer Nuan Thusara single-handedly blew away Bangladesh with 5 wickets including a hat-trick in the match. The right-arm pacer got a hat-trick by returning Shant, Tawheed and Mahmudullah. Later took the wickets of Soumya and Shariful. Shanto praised his bowling in the series decider, ‘Credit to Nuan Thusara. I will say, he bowled brilliantly.’
The two teams will face each other in the ODI series from March 13. Talking about taking confidence from here despite losing the T20 series, Shanto said, ‘We can take a lot of confidence from this series. Although the format is different. We can hope for something better.’