Wednesday , December 25 2024

Series of upsets in T20 World Cup, Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets, possibility of reaching Super-8

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2024: The T20 World Cup 2024 match to be hosted by the USA and West Indies is constantly creating new upsets. In the 15th match of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by two wickets and created a big upset in the tournament. Bangladesh has staked its claim for the Super-8 by winning a thrilling match of Group D.

Sri Lanka has lost its second consecutive match. Earlier, it had to face defeat by six wickets against South Africa. In the match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh played at Grand Priory Stadium in Dallas, Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl. Sri Lanka scored 124 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh scored 125 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 19 overs and won the match by 2 wickets. This is Bangladesh's first victory in this tournament.

Bangladesh had a bad start

Bangladesh did not have a great start while chasing Sri Lanka's target of 125 runs. Dhananjay de Silva gave the first blow to Bangladesh on just one run. Soumya Sarkar returned to the pavilion without opening his account, while Tanjid Hasan was clean bowled by Tushara. Nazmul Hasan also could not perform well. Bangladesh lost four wickets on the score of 28 runs. The team's Liton Das and Tauheed Radayi scored 63 runs.

In the 12th over, Hasranga dismissed Tauheed LBW. He returned to the pavilion after playing an important innings of 40 runs in 20 balls. Liton Das scored 36 runs with the help of two fours and a six.

In this match, Shakib Al Hasan got out for eight runs, Rishad Hussain for one and Taskin Ahmed for zero runs. For Sri Lanka, Nuwan Thushara took four wickets and Wanindu Hasaranga took two wickets. De Silva and Tharana were successful in taking one wicket each.