Sri Lanka also began its Asia Cup campaign with an impressive win over the U.A.E at Dhaka Thursday night.
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Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Asia Cup Live Streaming Info: Live Cricket Score – BAN vs SL – 28th February 2016: After some thrilling matches for the start of the AsiaCup we head towards the match 5 of the T20 AC in which the hosts Bangladesh take on the Sri Lankan lions.
Leading Sri Lanka in absence of the regular captain Lasith Malinga, Mathews opened the bowling and struck Mohammad Mithun plumb in front for a duck in the second ball of the innings.
Bangladesh are unchanged. Both the teams have won and lost one match each.
Sabir Rahman then took charge and hit three back-to back fours off Thisara Perera to get Bangladesh going. Mathews gave away only 8 runs in his three overs and picked up one wicket while Nuwan Kulasekara also picked up one wicket.
But are below on net run rate whereas Bangladesh is third on the table with two points in two matches played.
Bangladesh are going with the same eleven that registered a comfortable 51-run win against the UAE.
Chasing the score, Sri Lanka had a brisk start but lost Dilshan for 12.
Sri Lanka opener Dinesh Chandimal, reprieved before scoring, went on to score 37 and Shehan Jayasuriya added 26, but it wasn’t enough for the Lankans, who take on India in Mirpur tomorrow (Tuesday). “This was a good win for us”, said Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza.
When Mushfiqur Rahim fended the ball into the offside and tore down the pitch in search of a cheeky single, Sri Lanka sent a whole delegation to run him out.
Milinda Siriwardana was caught by Sabbir off Mashrafe Mortaza in the deep mid-wicket boundary to make it 92 for five as a Bangladesh victory looked inevitable.
For Sri Lanka, Dushmantha Chameera (3-30) was the pick of the bowlers.
But with the wicket of both Sabbir and Shakib, Mahmudullah (23 not out) came in to notch up couple of boundaries to help team cross 145-run mark.
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Against Sri Lanka, a team with an often intimidating seam bowling attack led by Malinga, Bangladesh bats will need to do better than the 133 they posted against UAE and the 121 they managed in a losing effort against India in the Asia Cup opener.
