A second successive defeat means Sri Lanka will struggle to qualify from Group D. Matches between these two sides have become feisty affairs in recent times, especially since the Angelo Mathews timed out incident at the 2023 50 over World Cup and this was no different as the two evenly matched sides fought out a low-scoring classic.
Sri Lanka had looked well set at 100-3 at the start of the 15th over, driven by Pathum Nissanka’s 47, but they subsided from that point, with Mustafizur Rahman taking 3-17 with a mix of shorter lengths and cutters, and Rishad Hossain 3-22 in the middle overs.
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