Sri Lanka set a new world record on 31 August, Thursday on their home ground at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is now the only team in the world that has registered 11 consecutive wins in ODIs. The world record came as Sri Lanka easily defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in their first match of Asia Cup 2023.
Sri Lanka bettered their own record of 10 consecutive ODI wins and surpassed Australia and South Africa as both the teams have 10 consecutive wins each. Sri Lanka is the only team in the history of Cricket that has won 11 back-to-back ODI matches as of 2023.
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Asia Cup 2023 match summary
In the 2nd game of Asia Cup and 1st game of Group B, Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first and Sri Lanka dismissed the team for 164 runs at the end of 42.4 overs. The young Sri Lankan bowler Matheesha Pathirana took a four-wicket haul for Sri Lanka.
He dismissed the opposition’s captain Shakib Al Hasan, wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman with an economy of 4.2. Matheesha Pathirana was also awarded the Player of the Match award for his stellar performance. Sri Lanka easily chased the low score within 39 overs and finished the game with 165-5.
Dasun Shanaka congratulated Sri Lanka’s bowling unit in the postmatch ceremony
“The way bowlers executed, credit to them. Especially Theekshana up front, Dhananjaya, and Pathirana who’s bowling so well. Tricky surface. The way Sadeera batted, today was his day. Asalanka has been outstanding over last 2 years. Good signs for Sri Lankan cricket”, said Dasun Shanaka, Captain of Sri Lanka.
“It wasn’t a 300 wicket. 220-230 would’ve given us more chance. Didn’t bat well as a unit. Have to regroup, have another important game in a couple of days. Needed couple more wickets when they were 3 down for 30. We picked up wickets but didn’t have enough on the board. There were a lot of nerves when we started the game. Lot of guys playing Asia Cup for first time. They’ve been playing good cricket that’s why they’re in dressing room”, said Shakib Al Hasan, captain of Bangladesh.
