Kusal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka helped Sri Lanka win the match by 2 wickets in 5th Match of the Asia Cup 2022.
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The 5th Match of the Asia Cup 2022 was played yesterday between Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. In which Kusal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka helped Sri Lanka win the match by 2 wickets.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elect to field first, Bangladesh batted first, started the inning not very well, Afif Hossain played a very brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boudaries in just 22 balls, Mehidy Hasan Mirza also played a very brilliant inning of 38 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 26 balls, Mahmudullah scored 22 runs in 27 balls, Mosaddek Hossain played a very brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 24 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 9 balls, Shakib Al Hasan scored 34 runs in 22 balls, apart from this, Taksin Ahmed played an unbeaten inning of 11 runs in just 6 balls, Sabbir Rahman dismissed just for 5 runs, Mushfiqur Rahim 4 runs and Mahedi Hasan was dismissed just for 1 run, in this way, Bangladesh scored 183 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 184 runs in front of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowlers Chamika Karunaratne took 2 wickets for 32 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets for 41 runs, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, and Asitha Fernando got 1-1 wicket.
Sri Lanka chasing 184 runs in the second inning, archived the target very easily by losing 8 wickets in the second ball of the final over, Kusal Mendis played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 4 boudaries in just 37 balls, Dasun Shanaka also played a very brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 33 balls, Pathum scored 20 runs in 19 balls, Chamika Karunaratne dismissed just for 16 runs, apart from this, Danushka Gunathilaka dismissed for 11 runs in 6 balls, Bhanunka Rajapaksa 2 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga 2 runs, Charith Asalanka 1 run, Asitha Fernando remains unbeaten for 10 runs, and Maheesh Theekshana remains unbeaten without scoring, in this way, Sri Lanka chased the target after losing 8 wickets in 19.2 overs and won the match by 2 wickets.
Bangladeshi bowlers Ebadot Hossain took 3 wickets for 51 runs, Taksin Ahmed took 2 wickets for 24 runs, and Mahedi Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman got 1-1 wickets.
Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 4 boudaries in just 37 balls.
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