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Sri Lanka is out of the World Cup.
Shakib and Shanto played brilliant innings.
New Delhi. In the World Cup (World Cup 2023), Bangladesh team is already out of the race for the semi-finals. Besides, Sri Lanka’s game has also been spoiled. There was a lot of drama along with excitement in this match between the two teams. The Sri Lankan team came out of the World Cup with the pain of time out. At the same time, fans slammed Bangladesh captain Shakib for his actions on social media. However, he played a brilliant innings for his team.
Bangladesh team won the toss and came to bowl first and as soon as they came, they tightened the noose on Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka lost its first batsman in the very first over. After this, Kushal Mendis also went cheap. However, innings of 41-41 runs were seen from the bats of openers Pathum Nissanka and Sadira. After this Angelo Mathews became the victim of a controversial decision. He was sent back to the pavilion due to time out. After this, Charith Asalanka set foot on the crease and took the class of the bowlers fiercely. He executed an excellent century innings in this match. Thanks to these innings, Sri Lanka set a target of 280 runs for Bangladesh.
Excellent batting from Bangladesh
Bangladesh team made a great start while chasing the target of 280 runs. However, the openers were out within 50 runs. But after this Shakib Al Hasan and Nazmul Hasan Shanto completely settled on the crease. A century partnership was seen between both the batsmen. Shakib scored 82 runs while Shanto scored 90 runs. Angelo Mathews showed both of them the way to the pavilion and made the team make a comeback. After this the Bangladesh team appeared to be faltering. However, in the end Bangladesh registered a thrilling victory in this match by 3 wickets.
The first team to be eliminated from the World Cup was Bangladesh. But now Sri Lanka’s hopes from the semi-final race have completely ended. Both teams will now play one more match each in the mega event. Sri Lanka’s next match will be against New Zealand while Bangladesh team will face Australia.
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Tags: angelo mathews, Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan, sri lanka, world cup 2023
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 6, 2023, 21:57 IST