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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022: Best Memes and Tweets During The game

Photo of Rohit Ganguly Rohit GangulyThursday September 1, 2022
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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022: ​The hunt for the third entrant in the Super 4 stages of the Asia Cup 2022 met its denouement as Sri Lanka powered home to an incredible win after a seismic shift in fortunes as the lower middle order of the Blues scripted a historic turnaround.

​​Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl first in a must-win contest. Asitha Fernando dealt the night’s opening contest for the Lankans as he sent back Rahman to the pavilion, riding on some sharp movement.

Mehidy Hasan and Shakib managed to steer the ship in a safe direction, piling up 39 runs for the second wicket. RCB all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga dealt the second blow of the night for the lions by removing Mehidy Hasan. Karunaratne dealt another crucial blow as he got out Mushfiqur for cheap.

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Mahesh Theeksana struck in quick succession to send Bangladesh’s skipper back shortly, destabilising the base of Bangladesh’s attack.

Despite Sri Lanka’s early infringements, Bangladesh rode on some terrific striking from Afif and Mosaddek Hossain while Mahmudullah chimed in with a priceless knock.

It was a late blitzkrieg that propelled the Tigers to 183 from an almost ineluctable jeopardy at the halfway mark.

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Sri Lanka was off to a fine start as Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis brought out the heavy artillery early in the innings. Sadly, for the opening pair, Nissanka departed to Ebadot Hossain. The fall of Nissanka triggered a collapse that saw the departure of Asalanka, Gunathilaka and Rajapaksa in quick succession.

Mendis and Shanaka drove the wheels for a while that helped Sri Lanka reach 131 before the former fell. Hasaranga contributed very little to the total but his departure brought out a giant in Shanaka who led from the front.

Here is what Twitter had to s ay about Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022

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It was some terrific striking from Shanaka that brought Sri Lanka close while Karunaratne put in a late lunge to hammer a string of impressive strokes that saw the Men in Green and Red suffer a scare so titanic, that it needed a brilliant effort from Shakib Al Hasan who ran out the latter to bring the equation closer.

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Despite a late surge in Bangladesh’s fortunes, Sri Lanka turned the tide upside down with some crazy striking and a magnanimous gift of extras from Bangladesh while Twitter went crazy to witness one of the biggest turnarounds of the tournament.

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Photo of Rohit Ganguly Rohit GangulyThursday September 1, 2022
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