Afif disappoints after Soumya's solid start
The T20I match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has begun with the latter winning the toss and deciding to bat first. It seems like it was a great decision as Soumya Sarkar has raised hell against the Lankan bowlers.
Debutant Zakir Hasan 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.
On the other hand, Mushfiqur Rahim has made 41 runs off 31 deliveries. Mahmudullah is batting on 22 runs.
Score:
Bangladesh - 139/3 after 15 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
