Bangladesh lost two matches in a row in the Super Four. 🏏
The 16th season of Asia Cup is going on, the fight to reach the final from the Super Four is going on. The total number of matches in the Super Four is 6, each of the four teams will get 3 matches to qualify for the final. Among these teams, the two teams leading the points table will go to the finals of the Asia Cup, and the two teams will be eliminated. Already 2 matches of Super Four have ended. And these first two matches of Super Four were of Bangladesh. The first match was played against Pakistan and the second match was played against Sri Lanka. And the Tigers lost both of the two matches. The dream of reaching the final is here for the Tigers. The last match of Bangladesh is against India.
Bangladesh's loss against Pakistan and Sri Lanka is the reason for the Tigers' batting weakness. A team's runs are heavy when the team's top order batsmen perform well in the field with the bat. But the top order batsmen of Bangladesh are not able to survive on the field with the bat. In the ODI format, the main thing is to last 22 yards with the bat.
Mohammad Naim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Touhid Hriday, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Shamim Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed played for Bangladesh team in yesterday's match. And Pathum Nisanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (C), Dunith Wellage, Mahesh Thekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Mathisha Pathirana played for the Sri Lankan team.
In yesterday's match too, the batsmen of Bangladesh did not get any expected score from the bat. At the beginning of yesterday's match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. Hasan Mahmud took the first wicket in bowling. The Lankans lost their first wicket for 34 runs. However, their top order batsmen left the field with a good score. In the opening, Pathum Nisanka scored 40 runs in 60 balls, Kushal Mendis scored a half century in 73 balls, Sadira Samarawickrama was out for 93 in 72 balls. Sanaka scored 24 runs from 32 balls with the bat.
On the other hand, Bangladeshi bowler Hasan Mahmud bowled 9 overs and took 3 wickets for 57 runs, Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets for 62 runs after 10 overs, and Shariful Islam took 2 wickets for 48 runs after 8 overs. At the end of 50 overs, after losing 9 wickets, the Lankans accumulated 257 runs.
Miraj and Naeem looked like they would do well when they came to the field to chase down the Lankans' target of 258 runs. But after 11 overs, the Bangladeshi batsmen lost wickets one by one after Mirage's wicket fell. Tawheed Hriday came in the middle order and tried to make the innings a little bigger. Tawheed Hridoy got out after scoring 82 runs off 97 balls. Bangladesh's run rate was still good. But no one could stay on the field to win the Bangladesh team. In the end, with 11 balls in hand, the Bangladesh team had to accept defeat and leave the field.