
Bangladesh, due to the failure of their top order batters, managed to score just 139 for 5 in their second group match in Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 tournament on Saturday.
In the match held at Abu Dhabi of United arab Emirates, the Lankans sent Bangldesh to batting after winning the toss.
Resistance in middle order from Jaker Ali and Shamim Hossain took Bangladesh to something to depend on.
Shamim Hossain scored 42 off 34 and Jaker Ali gathered 41 from same number of balls.
Wanidu Hasaranga took 2 wickets for 25 runs for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka will come out to bat just after the middle break of the innings to chase the target of 140.
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