Delighted to ship for his crew with the ball within the Asia Cup win in opposition to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka on Saturday stated somebody needed to “chip in” with the facet’s frontline bowlers out with accidents.
Shanaka’s 3/28, which included three top-order wickets, helped Sri Lanka defeat Bangladesh by 21 runs and start the Asia Cup Tremendous 4 stage on a profitable word right here.
Sri Lanka is with out the likes Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Madushanka and Lahiru Kumara, who’re all injured.
Having scored a modest 257/9, Sri Lanka wanted early wickets and whereas medium pacer Kasun Rajitha was economical he was unable to choose wickets. Then again, thriller spinner Maheesh Theekshana (3/69) had injured his hand off a Taskin Ahmed bouncer and struggled in the beginning of the innings.
READ | Sadeera, Shanaka energy Sri Lanka to win over Bangladesh
“When there’s no frontline bowlers, somebody must chip in. Usually Kasun and Maheesh ship on the prime. However Maheesh delivered on the finish,” Shanka stated on the post-match presentation.
“It’s matter of time, I’ve performed adequate cricket to ship. Bangladesh bowlers bowled rather well, particularly Hasan Mahmud. So I assumed if I hit the seam, it might work and I delivered.” Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan felt his facet might have finished a greater job of choosing wickets and stitching partnerships.
“Our prime 4 didn’t get sufficient runs and we didn’t bowl nicely in the beginning. There was assist for the bowlers however we didn’t get the wickets, however credit score goes to Sri Lanka,” Shakib stated.
“We got here again actually robust however then Sadeera performed very nicely. We wanted 80-100 run partnership to chase this. Our prime 4 didn’t get sufficient runs and we didn’t bowl nicely in the beginning.”