Sports Desk: The three-match series is tied at 1-1. So the third and last match became the ‘unwritten final’. Sri Lanka won the series by defeating Bangladesh by 28 runs in the series-deciding match.
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto won the toss and sent the Lankans into bat at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (March 9). The Lankans collected 174 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Kushal scored 86 runs on 55 balls.
Bangladesh lost their first wicket for 13 runs after going into bat with a target of 175 runs. Liton Das, who scored 7 runs off 11 balls, was dismissed by Lankan spinner Dhananjaya de Silva.
After that, Thushara came to the plate in the fourth over of the inning and scored a hat trick. Bangladesh fell into a batting disaster due to the bowling ball of this Lankan pacer. Thushara completed the hat-trick by dismissing Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Tawhid Hriday, and Mahmudullah Riyad.
Then Soumya, who scored 11 runs on 10 balls for the team’s 24 runs, was dismissed by Thushara. After Soumya’s departure, Zaker Ali Anik took the path to Sajghar.
Then Rishad Hossain and Mahedi Hasan tried to deal with the disaster together. However, Mahedi got out with 19 runs in 20 balls for the team’s 76 runs. After that, Rishad started batting stormily with Taskin Ahmed.
Rishad completed his fifty with 26 balls. He made a pair of 41 runs with Taskin. However, Rishad got out with 53 runs in 30 balls for the team’s 117 runs. After that, Thushara completed his five-wicket haul by dismissing Shariful. When Taskin was out as the last batter, Bangladesh were all out for 146 runs in 19 overs and 4 balls. Taskin scored 31 runs off 21 balls.
