Sri Lanka’s team began the Odi series with a solid victory when they defeated Bangladesh for 77 races in the first game held at R. R. Arousa in Colombo on Wednesday, July 2. After choosing first, the host nation ended up making 244 in 49.2, largely due to a century of Charith Asalanka.

The left batter broke a brilliant 106 of 123 balls with the help of six limits and four six. Asalanka brought that stability after an early collapse that saw characters like Pathum Nissanka, Nishan Madushka and Kamindu Mendis fired at a low price. Asalanka forged a crucial stand of 60 races with Kusal Mendis (45) before the janith Lyanage (29), Milan Rathnayake (22) and Wanindu Hasaranga (22) cameos (22) increased the score. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed recorded the 4/47 figures in 10 overs, while Tanzim Hasan Sakib intervened with 3 WICKETS.

In response, the Bangla Tigers had a good start, but then they lost the Parvez Hossain Wickt Even for 13. Tanzid Hasan Tamim then obtained a 62 racing blow with Najmul Hossain Shanto, who made 23 races, with the duo adding 71 races for the second portillo. After Shanto Wickt, the tickets fell surprisingly.

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Bangladesh’s shocking collapse is a record

Bangladesh lost seven wickts for only five races in a period of 27 balls, falling apart from 100/1 to 105/8 in a chaotic game. It is the second worst collapse of seven Wickts in the History of Odi of Men.

The tastes of Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das and Towhid Hriday failed to have an impact on the environment. Sri Lanka spinners exploded the surface, with Wanindu Hasaranga as the intellectual author with the ball. The right arm spinner collected four wickts after granting only 10 races at 7.5 overs, including two maidens. Kamindu Mendis also took 3 WICKETS since the tigers did not find answers to the threat of rotation.

In Colombo, Bangladesh has lost 7-5 (seven WICKETS for five races) against Sri Lanka, the second place of seven wickt in the history of men’s hate. Only Zimbabwe’s slide from 124-3 to 127 in 2008, also against Sri Lanka, expires it

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“I hoped we won with five to seven overs in our hand. Those two wickts in one were the turning point for them,” Taskin Ahmed said after the game.

“Yes, after that great beginning, we were a little relaxed that everything was going to our path, and suddenly, that exhaustion and one of our batters, Tamim [Tanzid]It came out. Then we panic a little. We do not play our natural game, and under pressure, we collapse. This is how we lost this game, ”he added.

Jaker Ali was the only warrior of the Bangla Tigers, since he broke 50 of 58 balls, but his effort simply postponed the inevitable. Hasaranga caught him to close the tickets in 167 at 35.5 overs. At the back of this victory, Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 advantage in the three-game series. Bangladesh will seek to return when they face the nation of the island in the second hate, scheduled for Saturday, July 5.

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