The defending champions Sri Lanka started their Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign in type as they defeated Bangladesh of their marketing campaign opener by 5 wickets on Thursday, August 31.
The Dasun Shanaka-led facet dismissed Bangladesh to a mere 164 within the recreation and chased it down with 5 wickets in hand and 66 balls to spare. Regardless of dropping the toss and marching with a second-string bowling assault, the island nation dismissed Bangladesh and did not even enable them to bat their full quota of overs. Proscribing Bangladesh inside 43 overs, the six-time Asia Cup champions registered an elusive file of dismissing their opponents 11 occasions in most consecutive ODI innings.
Sri Lanka achieved the file by mauling Bangladesh on the Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium shifting previous Australia and South Africa. Australia managed to dismiss their adversaries ten occasions from 2009 to 2010 and South Africa did the identical from 2013 to 2014. The 1996 World Cup winners marched previous each Australia and South Africa and have created a file to beat for different groups within the years to return.
Their win over the Bangla Tigers additionally helped them create a brand new ODI streak of profitable 11 video games on the trot as they bettered their earlier better of ten achieved twice between February 2004 to July 2004 and December 2013 to Might 2014.
The precise-arm pacer Matheesha Pathirana was at his finest in opposition to the Shakib Al Hasan-led facet as he picked up 4/32 – his finest bowling figures in ODIs. Pathirana was instrumental in making certain that Bangladesh didn’tÂ
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