Sabbir launched a counter-attack, hitting Kulasekara for three fours and a six off consecutive balls in the fourth over to seize the momentum back for the hosts. With 147, you can still fight it out.
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3 – By picking up a wicket in his first ball of the match, Hardik Pandya picked up three wickets in three balls including the two wickets he picked up in the last two balls of his spell in the previous game against Pakistan. The experienced player & T20 captain Lasith Malinga have been ruled out of the series due to injury on knee. Bangladesh suffered another blow when Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed for 4. With Malinga potentially out against India, too, and the team’s batting lineup struggling, there is much to concern captain Angelo Matthews.
Sri Lanka, on two points, face runaway leaders India in a must win match on Tuesday while Bangladesh, second in the table with four points, lock horns with archrivals Pakistan the day after.
Sri Lanka started the tournament with a 14-run win over minnows United Arab Emirates but were beaten by less fancied Bangladesh on Sunday. Instead the ball went for six to give Rahman his third T20 half-century. Shabbir Rahaman and Mithun Ali performed in one match each while the mercurial Mahmuduulah Riyadh came good in their UAE victory. He was ably aided by Shakib Al-Hasan who chipped in with 32 off 34 deliveries.
Medium pacer Dushmantha Chameera ended his onslaught when he deceived the right-hander with a slower delivery to force a catch at midwicket to Jayasuriya.
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Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat in their first match against India before winning unconvincingly against the UAE. Shakib Al Hasan (13) and Mahmudullah shared a brief partnership of 29 runs but then Shakib missed a full toss which crashed into his citadel. Tonight, he came in at 70 for 3 with the team still needing another 69 runs. Now we know how to deal with it. It’s going to be a great game against UAE. Although the openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan did not done well in their last match against Pakistan but able to won the low scoring match.
