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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.
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.
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 say about Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022
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.
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.
Good-bye from Asia Cup 'Nagin 🐍#BANvSL #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/3MUISZXpkP
— Lalit Bhandari (@lalitbhandarii) September 1, 2022
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This is something Bigger than Ashes. EL-Classico of Asia Cup in the Real universe. Well Done Shanka, Kusal. Before tournament I rated Sri Lankan batting highly. Congrats Sri Lanka 🇱🇰👏 #AsiaCup2022
— 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗭𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗿 🇵🇰 (@iam_JZK) September 1, 2022
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"LANKAN 🇱🇰 LIONS knocked the BANGLA 🇧🇩 Tigers out of the ASIA CUP"#SLvBAN #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/tgxYKAhrLO
— Farooq Alam (@AlamFAR786) September 1, 2022
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Shakib miscalculated the last over. Just like Babar did the other night against India #SLvsBng #AsiaCup
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) September 1, 2022
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Nagin's are out of Asia cup
No more nagin dance #Asiacup2022 #BANvSL pic.twitter.com/ZPwTi0JI8a— Somnath chakraborty ⚽🏏 (@somnath20094585) September 1, 2022
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Wins 🇱🇰🏏
Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකා இலங்கை WON the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh by 2 wickets.
Kusal Mendis 60, Dasun Shanaka 45.
SL 184/8
Congratulations @OfficialSLC !#LKA #SriLanka #Cricket #SLvBAN #BANvSL #Bangladesh #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/90TCjuGBfV— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 💉 (@SriLankaTweet) September 1, 2022
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What a match, absolute thriller. Sri Lanka won the match in the last over and go through Super 4 of this Asia Cup. Asitha Fernando scored 10*(3) on debut match and what a finish by Fernando. pic.twitter.com/rLIZHMN7EG
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 1, 2022
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This is the highest successful chase ever in Asia Cup T20 history – Take a bow Sri Lanka. pic.twitter.com/gMHi8oe85P
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 1, 2022
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Humanity won. Wrap up Asia Cup. pic.twitter.com/AYcv9Ckk1H
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 1, 2022
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Afghanistan watching Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka contest be like#AsiaCup2022 #SLvBAN #BANvSL #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/yV9uy94wnH
— Anmol Farya (@Anmol_xk) September 1, 2022
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