Mushfiq hits half-century to drive Bangladesh forward
The T20I match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has begun with the latter winning the toss and deciding to bat first. It appeared to be a great decision as Soumya Sarkar raised hell against the Lankan bowlers.
Debutant Zakir Hasan, however, scored 10 from 9 balls and showed great mentality to score those runs. He was scalped by Gunathilka as he tried to smash one too many.
Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim are on the crease right now. Soumya and Mushfiq stitched a 51-run stand. They kept rotating the strike, smashing the deliveries that need to be punished.
Soumya Sarkar picked up his half-century from just 30 deliveries. He smashed 6 boundaries and 2 over-boundaries to reach the landmark. The left-handed batsman got out scoring 51 off 32 balls as Jeevan Mendis trapped him lbw. Although the ball pitched outside leg-stump, the umpire raised his finger to end the carnage. Afif Hossain was also dismissed by the same bowler scoring none off 2 deliveries.
Afte these two quick exits, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad stood firm for the Tigers. Mushfiq showed a great deal of courage to lift the total past 150. He picked his fifty off 37 and is still going strong on the crease. Mahmudllah has made 40 runs off 27 deliveries.
Score:
Bangladesh - 170/3 after 17.4 overs.
Toss: Bangladesh opt to bat
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Zakir Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Afif Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah(c), Mohammad Saifuddin, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Niroshan Dickwella(w), Upul Tharanga, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Kusal Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Shehan Madushanka, Isuru Udana
