Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, World Cup Highlights: BAN pull off dramatic win, SL knocked out

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Mehidy tosses it up, outside off. Samarawickrama hammers it inside out over extra cover for a four! Then he sweeps it behind square on the leg-side to make it back-to-back!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: A slow delivery by Shakib and Samarawickrama guides it to square leg for a single.

SL: 88/3 (16.1)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: A slow off-cutter by Tanzim, in the slot. Asalanka launches it over wide long-on for a six!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Samarawickrama (6*) and Asalanka (3*) need to accelerate soon as things are looking for Sri Lanka right now. 4 off this over!

SL: 76/3 (14)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Back of a length delivery by Tanzim and Nissanka gets a thick inside edge, into his own stumps! Bangladesh get their main man!

Nissanka b Tanzim 41 (36)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: A full length delivery by Shakib, outside off. Mendis toe-ends it to long-on for a catch!

Mendis c Shoriful b Shakib 19 (30)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Taskin tosses it up, outside off. Nissanka tries to drive, ends up slicing it over cover point for a four and Sri Lanka are 50-up now!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Nissanka (31*) smacks Tanzim for two fours in this over as Sri Lanka capitalize. Mendis (2*) hasn't really got going yet! Total nine off this over!

SL: 38/1 (7)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Taskin tosses it up, on off. Mendis drives it to the right of mid-off. Shakib prevents him from taking a single.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: A maiden over by Taskin as Mendis (0*) and Nissanka (13*) try to play cautiously so that they can steady the ship here! They were rocked early and need to recover.

SL: 18/1 (4)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Back of a length delivery by Shoriful and Nissanka hammers it through point for a four! Then he drives an overpitched delivery past the bowler to make it back-to-back fours!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: A good length delivery by Shoriful, outside off. Perera nicks it behind for Mushfiqur, who dives to his left and catches it!

Perera c Mushfiqur b Shoriful 4 (5)

SL: 5/1 (1)

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Nissanka and Perera open for Sri Lanka. Shoriful to bowl the first over for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: It's time for national anthems now as both teams walk in.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: BAN- Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam

SL- Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: After winning the toss, Bangladesh captain Shakib said, "We would field first, looks like a very good surface. There was a lot of dew when we practiced. There are a lot of expectations but we couldn't fill up. We have two more games and we would like to do well. We have to be technically sound and also mentally sound. We have one change - Mustafiz is not fit enough and Tanzim Shakib comes in his place."

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's Mendis said, "Looks like a good wicket, I don't mind batting first. We want to put up a good score on this pitch, I think 300 plus would be good. We have two changes. Kusal Perera and Dhananjaya come in and Karunaratne and Hemantha are out."

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Shakib spins the coin and Mendis calls heads. Tails it is, Bangladesh win the toss! Shakib opts to field!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan has gone wicketless in 13 of the 26 ODI innings he has bowled in against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Stay tuned folks! The toss is scheduled for 1:30 PM IST. It looks better than yesterday, but the Air Quality Index is still at severe!

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Speaking ahead of the match, Bangladesh head coach Hathurusinghe said, "Our doctor has kept a close eye on players. Some of the players didn't turn up for practice because they are asthmatic so they stayed in indoors. And even for practice, we're very conscious. We train what we have to train, and they go back into the dressing room. They don't spend time unless they're bowling or batting."

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Madushanka has taken 18 wickets in seven matches, which is the second best in the competition so far. He has gone wicketless only once. The pacer has also bagged two wickets in every other game, and a maiden five-wicket haul vs India.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: Mendis has lost his wicket twice each to Taskin, Mustafizur and Shakib. Bangladesh are expected to concentrate their attack with these three, when he is around. The Sri Lankan captain will need to be cautious. Meanwhle, Shoriful could be an useful choice against Nissanka and Perera.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: In ODIs, both sides have faced each other 53 times, with Sri Lanka leading 42-9 against Bangladesh. Two matches have ended without a result.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have faced each other in four ODI World Cup matches, with the latter winning on three occasions and one game ended without a result.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: With the Air Quality Index at 'severe' in Delhi on Sunday, the capital city has been covered with smog for the past few days. Speaking on the issue, Sri Lanka team manager Halangoda said, "We are constantly in touch with our medical team. The person who is in charge is already in India. Actually, he had come for a conference and we are in touch with him (and) the team doctor. And definitely we will be looking at the index, but obviously we will be guided by the ICC and I think they have a medical panel here so they will be giving us instructions. Obviously, today when we came, we were wearing masks, and we were told to wear masks. But it depends exactly what the outside index is."

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Live Score, BAN vs SL Cricket World Cup 2023: On the eve of the game, Rahim was hit on his hand during a throwdown. He batted two more deliveries and then ended his session, to put some ice on his hand. Although, the team management is reportedly confident he will be available. But if he can't make it, Litton could don the wicketkeeping role for Bangladesh. Also, if Tanzid is dropped, Mehidy might open. We could even see Mahedi or Nasum come in to the team!