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Sri Lanka have won a edge of seat thriller match against Bangladesh by 2 wickets to seal a spot in Super Four of Asia Cup 2022. Initially Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka winning the toss invited Bangladesh to bat first and they posted a challenging total of 183/7 with the help of Afif Hossain-Mahmudullah partnership while Mosaddek Hossain's cameo off unbeaten 24 from 9 balls boosted their total in the end. Among Lankan bowlers Wanindu Hasaranga and Chamika Karunaratne picked 2 wickets each while Theekshana and Dilshan Madushanka bowled economical spells and picked 1 wicket each respectively.
Sri Lanka despite losing wickets at regular intervals have managed to cross the winning line with help of Kusal Mendis's stunning 60 and skipper Dasun Shanaka's 45 while Asitha Fernando also played a key role by smashing 10 off 3 balls at end. Bangladesh despite dominating the game in most stages have choked in crucial stages of game by bowling untimely no-balls and giving too many lives to the opening batsman Kusal Mendis. Debutant Ebadot Hossain breathed fire by picking 3 wickets in his spell of first 2 overs but ended up conceding too many runs in the remaining 2 overs of his bowling spell.
Numbers and Stats from SL vs BAN game:
2 - Only for the 2nd time Mehidy Hasan Miraz has opened the innings for Bangladesh in international cricket. Only other time he opened the innings for Bangladesh in international cricket was in 2018 Asia Cup finals against India.
2 - Shakib Al Hasan became 2nd player after Dwayne Bravo to smash more than 6000 runs and pick more than 400 wickets in T20 cricket.
2 - Sri Lanka have won only for 2nd time (out of 6 attempts) in T20I format of Asia Cup. Only other win for them was against UAE in Mirpur, 2016
3 - Ebadot Hossain became only 3rd bowler to take 3 (or) more wickets for Bangladesh in men's T20I debut.
Bangladesh bowlers to pick 3 (or) more wickets in men's T20I debut:
Abdur Razzak vs ZIM, 2006
Elias Sunny vs IRE, 2012
Ebadot Hossain vs SL, 2022
3 - Kusal Mendis has won MoM award for 3rd time vs Bangladesh in T20Is.
Most MoM awards won vs Bangladesh in men's T20I:
Hamilton Masakadza - 3
Rohit Sharma - 3
Kusal Perera - 3
Kusal Mendis - 3
Most fifty-plus scores vs Bangladesh in men's T20I:
Rohit Sharma - 5
Kusal Perera - 5
Kusal Mendis - 4
Kusal Mendis has smashed 251 runs vs Bangladesh in T20Is from 5 innings at an average of 50.2.
9 - Sri Lanka have won 9 out of 13 matches against Bangladesh in men's T20I overall.
10 - Post T20 WC 2021, Bangladesh have lost 10 out of 13 matches in men's T20I.
13 - Dasun Shanaka has won joint-most matches (13) with Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal as captain of Sri Lanka in T20Is.
Most matches won as captain of SL in men's T20I:
Kumar Sangakkara - 13 (22 matches)
Mahela Jayawardene - 13 (19 matches)
Dinesh Chandimal - 13 (26 matches)
Dasun Shanaka - 13 (30 matches)
15 - 15 out of 17 T20I matches at Dubai International Cricket stadium have been won by teams bowling first since T20 WC 2021 so far.
184 - Sri Lanka have chased down 184 runs to seal a victory in this game.
Highest total chased down by SL in men's T20I:
194 vs BAN in Mirpur, 2018
184 vs BAN in Dubai, 2022
177 vs AUS in Pallekele, 2022
Highest men's T20I total chased down in Dubai:
184 by SL vs BAN in 2022 Asia Cup
180 by AFG vs UAE in 2016
177 by AUS vs PAK in 2021 T20 WC
