Sri Lanka loses to hosts Bangladesh
Host nation of the Asia T/ 20 tournament Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the preliminary round fixture.
In a T20/20 fixture this was the first time Sri Lanka had lost to Bangladesh. In this T/ 20 fixture played in Dhaka, Bangladesh won the toss and had elected to bat.
Skipper of the Sri Lanka team Lasith Malinga did not play and the captaincy reigns were taken over by Angelow Mathews.
After Bangladesh lost three wickets for only 26 runs a crucial partnership of 82 runs for the fourth wicket was made by Shabbir Rahmana and Shakir Al Hassan.
Shabbir Rahaman top scored with 80 runs which enabled the Bangladesh team to put up a formidable total of 147 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets.
In reply for the loss of 8 wickets Sri Lanka scored only 124 runs.
The ESPN cricinfo scoreboard is below:
