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Former Sri Lanka Skipper Trolls Bangladesh After Asia Cup Win

The Sri Lankan cricket team came up with an outing to remember as the island nation registered one of their most memorable victories in Asia Cup 2022. Dasun Shanaka’s side got the better of Bangladesh in the last over thriller at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.

A lot of emotions were involved ahead of the game as Sri Lankan skipper and Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud had presented varied views during the pre-match press conference ahead of the clash. After the emphatic victory, Former SL captain Mahela Jayawardene took to Twitter and posted a taunting comment towards the Bangladesh side.

Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka shared his news on the number of world class bowlers in the opposition camp. The 30-year-old went on to claim that Bangladesh had only two world class bowlers in their side. However, Khaled Mahmud presented a different view and responded to Shanaka‘s comment stating there are none in Sri Lanka ahead of the game.

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Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene took to Twitter after his sides’ victory that prolled them to the Super 4 stages of Asia Cup 2022, which also knocked Bangladesh out of the tournament. He pulled the leg of Bangladesh cricket fans with his tweet bringing back the ‘world class bowling’ topic. Jayawardene tweeted, “Well done guys!!! Fantastic fight back to win this game under pressure. safe to say it was a world class performance.” 

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene’s Tweet

Well done guys!!! Fantastic fight back to win this game under pressure.. safe to say it was a world class performance 👏👏👊 @OfficialSLC #AsiaCup2022

— Mahela Jayawardena (@MahelaJay) September 1, 2022

Earlier, Bangladesh rode on the performances of Afif Hossain who scored 39 off 22 while Mosaddek Hossain also scored  24 off 9 to help the team post a massive total of 183 for 7 in their 20 overs. Sri Lanka started off their chase well but Ebadot Hossain picked up three wickets to derail the island nation’s hopes. 

Kusal Mendis top scored for Sri Lanka with 60 while Shanaka played a captain’s innings, scoring 45 runs off 33 balls which  proved to be crucial. Despite Bangladesh got 3 quick wickets, Asitha Fernando sealed the deal for Sri Lanka. The debutant managed to hit two boundaries to help his side pull off a record chase and make it into the Super Fours.

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