Sri Lanka 206 for 3 (Samarawickrama 61*, Kusal Mendis 59) beat Bangladesh 203 for 8 (Jaker 68, Mahmudullah 54, Mathews 2-17) by three runs
By the point Jaker obtained on strike, Shanaka had solely 9 extra runs to defend and 4 balls nonetheless to bowl. However he held his nerve to go full on off; Jaker seemed to get beneath the ball but it surely took the underside of the bat and Asalanka, at long-off, judged a low catch to his left to perfection.
Nonetheless, it was not completed, as Bangladesh’s No. 10 Shoriful Islam slammed his first ball over additional cowl, and took a leg-bye off the penultimate ball. That left Taskin Ahmed needing to hit a 4 to tie and six to win, however he might handle neither. The Sri Lanka fielders began celebrating as quickly as Taskin toe-ended one other huge, full ball from Shanaka, managing only a single.
