Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 33 runs.

May 23, 2021
Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 33 runs.

Sri Lanka lost the first One Day International Match of Sri Lanka Tour of Bangladesh 2021.

After winning the toss Bangladesh elected to bat first and scored 257 runs for six wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim & Mahmudullah put up partnership 107 runs for the 5th wicket as the scorecard shown below.

BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Tamim Iqbal (c)lbw b DM de Silva5270926174.28
Liton Das c DM de Silva b Chameera038000.00
Shakib Al Hasan c Nissanka b Gunathilaka1534412044.11
Mushfiqur Rahim †c Udana b Sandakan84871204196.55
Mohammad Mithun lbw b DM de Silva013000.00
Mahmudullah  b DM de Silva5476962171.05
Afif Hossain not out27223130122.72
Mohammad Saifuddin not out1391220144.44

In bowling Dhananjaya De Silva took 3 wickets for 45 runs in 10 overs and bowling card of first inning shown below’

BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Isuru Udana1016406.40298040
Dushmantha Chameera803914.87254010
Dhananjaya de Silva1004534.50291111
Danushka Gunathilaka20512.5070000
Wanindu Hasaranga1004804.80313110
Lakshan Sandakan1005515.50273111

In the chase, Sri Lanka started very positively but unable to capitalize the opening quick score of 30 runs in 4.6 overs. Sri Lanka lost all the wickets for 224 runs in 48.1 overs. But Wanidu Hasaranga played an outstanding cameo of 74 runs in 60 balls with 5 massive sixers

Batting card of Sri Lanka

BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Danushka Gunathilaka c & b Mehidy Hasan Miraz21192350110.52
Kusal Perera (c)† b Mehidy Hasan Miraz3050921060.00
Pathum Nissanka c Afif Hossain b Mustafizur Rahman813131061.53
Kusal Mendis c Mehidy Hasan Miraz b Shakib Al Hasan2436432066.66
Dhananjaya de Silva  b Mehidy Hasan Miraz915171060.00
Ashen Bandara  b Mehidy Hasan Miraz324160012.50
Dasun Shanaka  b Mohammad Saifuddin1425351056.00
Wanindu Hasaranga c Afif Hossain b Mohammad Saifuddin74607735123.33
Isuru Udana c Mehidy Hasan Miraz b Mustafizur Rahman2123592091.30
Lakshan Sandakan not out812301066.66
Dushmantha Chameera c Mohammad Saifuddin b Mustafizur Rahman512290041.66

In bowling Mehidy Hasan taken down 4 wickets followed by the Mustafizur with 3 wickets.

BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Mehidy Hasan Miraz1023043.00442100
Taskin Ahmed906206.88287210
Mustafizur Rahman903433.77343020
Mohammad Saifuddin1004924.90252100
Shakib Al Hasan1004414.40323100
Mahmudullah0.10106.0000000

Second match of the series will be played on 25th May 2021 at 12.30 pm