'Sri Lanka ki aur se acchi gendbaazi' - Fans react as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2023

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (Source: Twitter)

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh for the second time in the Asia Cup 2023. In the Super 4 stage of the series, the hosts defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs and extended their winning streak to 3 wins in a row in the tournament. The win against Bangladesh would have given a huge boost to Sri Lanka, who are making the best use of their home conditions.

On a slow wicket in R Premadasa stadium in Colombo, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bowl first. On a slow track, all the batters from Sri Lanka struggled to score runs, except Sadeera Samarawickrama. The 28-year-old scored a fabulous 93(72) on a slow track and made the difference in the match. It seemed as if the batter was batting on a different wicket. 

Samarawickrama’s innings included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Evidently, the strike rotation was fantastic from the middle order batter. Others like Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis supported Samarawickrama well. Nissanka scored 40(60) and Mendis scored 50(73). In their 50 overs, Sri Lanka managed to score 257 runs. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud claimed 3 wickets each. 

Collective bowling efforts from Sri Lanka's bowlers

Chasing 258, Bangladesh never looked in the chase. The tigers were 83/4 at one stage. Towhid Hridoy played a good knock at that stage and tried to revive the innings of Bangladesh. As a result, Bangladesh found themselves at 155/4 after 37.1 overs. That was when the second collapse began. From there, Bangladesh was dismissed for 236 runs, making a mess of the run chase.  

Bangladesh lost their last 6 wickets for just 81 runs. For Sri Lanka, captain Dasun Shanaka and Dunith Wellalage bowled very well. Shanaka was the pick of the bowlers, who picked 3 wickets and conceded only 28 runs. Wellalage conceded only 26 runs in his spell of 10 overs. Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana claimed 3 wickets each and helped the hosts in their win.  

Here's how the fans reacted to the win of Sri Lanka -

Ind v pakistan in the final🐐

— VilenAFC (@vilen_AFC) September 9, 2023

Welcome Bangladesh,
To academy

— Finch Academy Of Ducks (@Academyofducks) September 9, 2023

Jay Shah after ensuring close tie b/w Sri Lanka and Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/iIsjxH8ISr

— Pratik (@fake_engineer7) September 9, 2023

East Pakistan is almost out, now it is West Pakistan's turn tomorrow

— Vishal Kumar (@vishalkumar9000) September 9, 2023

What a winning streak for Srilanka 🔥🔥🥺

— Abdul Rafay 🇵🇰 (@rafayhassan17) September 9, 2023

Naagins killed by Lions 😂

— Esha Srivastav🇮🇳🚩 (@EshaSanju15) September 9, 2023

Naagin dance krne walo ko pelne ki aadat hogyi hai pic.twitter.com/aziXlHljQg

— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) September 9, 2023

Defeating Bangladesh & afg🤣

— Troll Cricket (@ExtraCover07) September 9, 2023

Kya fayda final to India aur Pakistan k beach hi karwayega bcci wale paise kamane k lie 😂😂😂😂

— मोगेंबो (@icecubee__) September 9, 2023

Unpopular opinion- Srilanka Team is having better bowling line up than our India.

— Rahul Basfor (@mr_rahul_06) September 9, 2023

Incredible fielding too

— Akashdeep Sharma (@akash_1103) September 9, 2023

Sri Lanka ki aur se achhi gaindbaji

— Indra Chopra (@indra_chop19384) September 9, 2023