Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 2023: Action in images

A 4-fer from Matheesha Pathirana coupled with fifties from Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka helped Sri Lanka start the off with a 5-wicket win

Published on: Aug 31, 2023 10:39 PM IST

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Matheesha Pathirana's four-wicket haul on his home debut in international cricket while Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka scored half centuries as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets to start their Asia Cup defence with a victory.  (AFP)

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Bangladesh hardly managed to get going at any point in their innings. A majority of their runs came in a 59-run stand between Najmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy.  (AP)

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Najmul Hassan Shanto was the only Bangladesh batter who managed to get going. He was dismissed on 89 off 122 balls and Bangladesh ended up being all out for 164.  (AFP)

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It wasn't a straightforward chase for Sri Lanka though. They lost a clump of wickets in the early part of their innings before Samarawickrama and Asalanka put up 78 runs for the fourth wicket. Samarawickrama fell on 54 off 77 balls.  (AP)

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Asalanka soldiered on and scored his eighth ODI fifty.  (AFP)

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Asalanka scored the winning runs with a boundary.. (AP)