#CWC23 : Bangladesh Beat Sri Lanka By 3 Wickets ; Shakib Al Hasan, Shanto Star In The Run-Chase

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Bangladesh Chased down a challenging total set by Sri Lanka to win by three wickets in a CWC23 encounter played in pollution hit Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Earlier Bangladesh Skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to field first . Sri Lanka lost opener Kusal Perera early for ( 4). Other opener Pathum Nissanka was fluent in in 41 ( 36 balls 8 fours), Skipper Kusal Mendis scored ( 19), Sadeera Samarawickrama ( 41). Charith Asalanka added the spark to the innings with a fine hundred 108 ( 105 balls, 6 fours , 5 sixes). Angelo Mathews became the first batsman ever in the World Cup history to be timed out. Dhananjaya de Silva chipped in quick 34, Maheesh Theekshana ( 22) . As Sri Lanka posted a good total 279 in their 50 overs.

For Bangladesh the bowling figures read : Shoriful Islam 2/ 52 (9.3 overs), Taskin Ahmed 0/ 39 ( 10 overs), Tanzim Hasan Sakib 3/ 80 ( 10 overs), Skipper Shakib Al Hasan 2/ 57 ( 10 overs), Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1/ 49 ( 10 overs)

In reply , Bangladesh too lost opener Tanzid Hasan early for ( 9) , Litton Das fell for ( 22), In- from Mahmudullah fell for ( 10) , Mushfiqur Rahim ( 10). But the chase got the momentum thanks to the superb 169 run stand between Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto. Shakib Al Hasan played a skipper’s knock 82 ( 65 balls, 12 fours 2 sixes) while Shanto missed his hundred by 10 runs scoring 90 ( 101 balls, 12 fours), Towhid Hridoy not out 15 and Tanzim Hasan Sakib not out 9 saw the tigers home. Bangladesh reaching 282/ 7 in 41. 1 overs).

For Sri lanka the bowling figures were : Dilshan Madushanka 3/ 69 ( 10 overs), Maheesh Theekshana 2/ 44 ( 9 overs), Kasun Rajitha 0/ 47 ( 4 overs), Dushmantha Chameera 0/ 54 ( 8 overs), Angelo Mathews 2/ 39 ( 7. 2 overs), Dhananjaya de Silva 0/ 20 ( 3 overs)

Match: World Cup 2023, 38th Match
Venue: Delhi | Date: November 06, 2023