Desk Report: The finalists of the 2025 Asia Cup were decided the day before yesterday. The India-Sri Lanka Super Four match in Dubai last night was just a formality. However, the match was evenly contested. There was a dramatic incident that Bangladeshi umpire Gazi Sohail had to handle. The 404-run India-Sri Lanka match was decided in the Super Over. Drama ensued during Sri Lanka’s batting in that Super Over. On the fourth ball of the over, Sri Lankan all-rounder Dasun Shanaka went to play a cut shot to Arshdeep Singh.…
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India beat Sri Lanka in Super Over
Desk Report: India has already reached the final. Sri Lanka has already been eliminated from the tournament. So yesterday’s match between the two teams was a rule-based match. But who knew that this match would be such a thrill! In response to India’s 202 runs, Sri Lanka scored 202 runs with Patum Nishanka’s century. The match went to the Super Over, where Sri Lanka scored only 2 runs in Arshdeep Singh’s over. India won by taking three runs off Hasaranga’s first ball. Patum Nishanka’s century brought the dead match to…
Read MoreThe incident that overshadowed the result of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka match went viral
Desk Report: Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Stadium was like a movie stage yesterday. Let alone the result of the Sri Lanka-Pakistan match. The competition was on to see who could imitate whom in the celebration. The incident of Wanindu Hasaranga-Abrar Ahmed’s exchange of celebrations has already gone viral on social media. It started during Sri Lanka’s innings. Wanindu Hasaranga went to spin Pakistani legspinner Abrar Ahmed to the leg side with the first ball of the 13th over. However, Hasaranga was bowled by Abrar’s googly. Abrar then imitated the celebration…
Read MoreSri Lanka-Pakistan enter a life-or-death struggle
Desk Report: Pakistan and Sri Lanka have never met in limited-overs cricket, except for the World Cup and Asia Cup. The last time they played an ODI series was 6 years ago. The same is true in T20Is. After the Asia Cup final 3 years ago, they are facing each other again in the Asia Cup. The Super Four clash will start at 8:30 pm at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The match is a matter of life and death for both teams. Because if they lose, the…
Read More‘The Sri Lankan Lions were defeated by the onslaught of two Bangladeshi cricketers’
Desk Report: Saif Hasan and Towhid Hridoy were unable to match themselves in that way. They were regularly criticized and ridiculed. The two Bangladeshi cricketers, who were stung by criticism, must have thought – how much longer! Hridoy-Saif responded to their batting against Sri Lanka yesterday in Dubai. Bangladesh, chasing a target of 169 runs set by Sri Lanka in the Super Four last night, won by 4 wickets with 1 ball in hand. Saif and Hridoy laid the foundation for a breathless victory. Both scored fifties. These two Bangladeshi…
Read MoreI have confidence to play in the final, I have crossed a step: Saif
Desk Report: Saif Hasan did not play a big innings despite giving a chance to do something good in place of Parvez Hossain Emon against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi. However, he gave a great start in that match in the opening partnership with Tanjid Hasan Tamim, which later made the difference in the match. Saif is even brighter at the Dubai International Stadium yesterday; the young opener brought up his second fifty in international T20s. Since there was a fifty in the 2023 Asiad, it is recognized as an international…
Read MoreBangladesh’s dream of reaching the final has been revived after defeating Sri Lanka.
Desk Report: Bangladesh won two of the three group stage matches, but they could not show their best with the bat. Bangladesh managed to match their best with the bat in the Super Four. Yesterday in Dubai, they won the first match of this round as the better team with the bat; they defeated Bangladesh by 4 runs. Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka in the group stage. Bangladesh’s target for victory was not easy. In the previous three matches of the ongoing Asia Cup, Bangladesh’s highest score was 154, while…
Read MoreI don’t want to take a catch, Nasir’s jab at Bangladesh fielders
Desk Report: Bangladesh fielded like butter on their hands against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup Super Four. One catch after another was missed. Seeing the poor condition of the fielders, all-rounder Nasir Hossain, who once played regularly for the national team, took to social media to criticize them. Nasir wrote on his verified Facebook page, “I will not take a catch, my wish is. Even then, we will win the match, InshaAllah.” Electing to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka scored 168 runs in the…
Read More‘Friend’ Sri Lanka is now ‘enemy’ again
Desk Report: Enemy-friend-enemy—The continuity of the rivalry between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka over the past few days can also be expressed in this way. This cloud, this rain can be said to be this friendship, this hostility. The day after yesterday in Abu Dhabi, Bangladesh’s fate was decided by Sri Lanka. The point was something like this—’If the Lankans win against the Afghans, Bangladesh will win too.’ Forgetting the recent rivalry surrounding the match, Bangladesh fans became Sri Lankan supporters. The day after yesterday in Abu Dhabi, most Sri Lankans…
Read MoreSri Lankan spinner receives news of father’s death after winning
Desk Report: Sri Lankan spinner receives news of father’s death after winning Dunith Wellalaghe had a bittersweet match. His team Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan to secure the Super Four of the Asia Cup. In this match, he had to digest 5 consecutive sixes from Afghan batter Mohammad Nabi. In total, he spent 32 runs in the last over. Later, Sri Lanka’s 6-wicket victory made him forget that painful experience. But even on the day of such a victory, Wellalaghe received the bad news of losing his father. Sri Lankan media…
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