Soumya shines but Bangladesh A suffer defeat against SL in Emerging Asia Cup
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Sri Lanka A defeated Bangladesh A in the opening match of Emerging Asia Cup on Thursday at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo as the hosts won the match by 48 runs.
Bangladesh A, under the leadership of Saif Hassan, were bowled out for 301 in 48.3 overs in response to Sri Lanka A's 349 for eight.
Mohammad Naim and Saif's fifties gave Bangladesh A momentum, but the batters were unable to capitalize on their start.
Rakibul Islam's 36-ball 40 and Bangladesh’s most iconic player Soumya Sarker's 46-ball 42 were both helpful, but Sri Lanka tightened the screws to win the first game.
Pacer Pramod Madushan and leg-spinner Dushan Hemantha both took three wickets.
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Batting first, Sri Lanka put 349 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, thanks to Avishka Fernando's century and Minod Bhanuka's half-century.
Avishka and Lasith Croospulle scored 51 runs in the opening partnership. Crosspulle was out for 31, Mahedi Hasan grabbed the wicket.
From there, Avishka and Minod made 125 runs in the second wicket partnership. Ripon Mondol broke the partnership Minod was dismissed for 57 runs with 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Ripon got Sahan Arachchige immediately after his 9 balls 2 but then Pasindu Sooriyabandara came to crease and accelerate their score to 257 in 40.2 overs.
Soumya dismissed Avishka for 133 runs off 124 balls with 13 fours and 3 sixes.
After that, the Lankans got a big total of 349 runs based on the innings of Ashen Bandara's 35 and captain Dunith Wellalage's 31 runs.
With the ball, Soumya took 3 wickets for 52 runs in 5 overs, while Ripon took 3 for 71 runs in 10 overs.
