Team leaders Shakib Al Hasan and Tawheed Hridoy came as a relief to the pressured team after losing the toss to bat in the regulation match of the Asia Cup. Both returned to the dressing room after completing their personal fifty. Till writing this report, Bangladesh’s collection is 203 runs for 7 wickets.
Now Nasum is batting for 24 runs and Sheikh Mehdi is batting for 4 runs.
After losing the toss in Colombo, Tiger opener Liton Kumar Das returned to bat without picking up any runs in the third over of Mohammed Sameer’s innings. He did not meet Ran. Tanjeed Hasan Tamim took the path to Sajghar on the first ball of the next over. He scored 13 runs.
Enamul Haque Bijay could not benefit with the bat. He took the way to the dressing room with a four-legged walk. Meanwhile, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who accompanied Shakib at the crease for a while, got out for 13 runs.
Shakib Al Hasan and Tawhid Hriday took the lead of the team under pressure after losing 4 wickets for just 59 runs. At this time, the two made a pair of 101 runs. After completing his fifty, Shakib was moving towards the century. But he scored 80 runs before being dismissed by Shardul Thakur.
Tawheed Hridyo also met Fifty. But after that he could not prolong the innings. This batsman stopped at 54 runs off 81 balls. Besides, Shamim Patwari was out for 1 run.
(September 15/MM)