Bangladesh started T20 World Cup by winning against Sri Lanka. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored only 125 runs. They could not score more runs under the influence of Mustafizur. Bangladesh took 19 overs to get that run. Had 2 wickets in hand. At first it was thought that Bangladesh will win the match very easily. But despite restricting Sri Lanka to 125 runs, they lost wickets in the beginning and fell under pressure. Before the start of T20 World Cup, Bangladesh was thinking about batting.
Even on Saturday morning, two openers, Tanjid Hasan and Soumya Sarkar, did not get runs. Captain Nazmul Hasan scored only seven runs. But Liton Das and Tohid Hriday gave the team confidence. They added 63 runs to the pair. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 125 runs. Opener Pathum Nishank scored 47 runs. Dhananjay de Silva scored 21 runs. The rest of the batters did not get many runs. Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain took three wickets each. Taskin Ahmed took two wickets. A wicket for Tanzim Hasan Shakib.
Bangladesh played with a target of 126 runs but had to play until 19 overs. They lost one wicket after another. Shakib scored 8 runs off 14 balls. Mahmudullah survives to the end. He won the match. But in the end, Bangladesh was under pressure after losing the wicket. There was also a fear of loss. But in the end, Bangladesh left the field after winning the match.
It would have been difficult for Bangladesh to win on Saturday if Rishad couldn’t keep Sri Lanka to a low score. The Sri Lankan bowlers brought the team back into the match. Bangladesh lost two wickets for six runs. The third wicket goes for 28 runs. After this, Liton and Hriday took the lead for Bangladesh. But they could not leave the field after winning the match. Bangladesh lost 5 wickets out of 99 runs. After that, Shakibera lost one wicket after another. Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thusara took 4 wickets. In the end, Mahmudullah won the match for Bangladesh.
