Bangladesh vs Sri lanka ASia cup 2016 Highlights and Live Match Videos Match Highlights, Bangladesh vs Sri lanka ASia cup 2016 Highlights and Live Match Videos Match Highlights.Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh): The fearless youngster will look to be the thorn for the Lankan batting. The 20-year-old found it tough against India, but got back his shape against UAE.
This time it will be no different. Mustafizur's ability to mix up the deliveries alongside his ability to hit consistency, will be important for Bangladesh. Mustafizur will hope to be confident and produce a fine spell. The left-arm pacer holds the key for the Tigers upfront. He will be hoping to get early wickets and fulfill the role like that of Ashish Nehra or Mohammad Amir in the Indian and Pakistan side respectively.
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka): Malinga is a world class bowler in the shortest format and showed his brilliance with the ball against UAE. The skipper picked four wickets against the minnows and did what he does best in focussing on bowling full and straight. Malinga's ability to bowl those toe-crushing yorkers will keep the Bangladesh batsman guessing. Malinga will look to get crucial key wickets upfront and use the conditions wisely. A lot will depend on him in order to propel the others in order to chip in as well and a fine start could serve that purpose.Bangladesh lost against India in their opening game and the shoulders of some players dropped after that, but things changed for the hosts as they defeated the UAE quite comprehensively. Bangladesh defeated the UAE by 51 runs, with contributions from Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah on the batting front while all their bowlers performed well.
"Our confidence was slightly shaken after losing the first game, but the win over the UAE will certainly help us get that back. In fact, it will help that we beat them convincingly, especially ahead of the next game against Sri Lanka," ESPN Cricinfo quoted batsman Sabbir Rahman as saying.
Bangladesh have a decent mix of batsmen and bowlers in their team to outshine Sri Lanka, but they need all their top-order to deliver against the Lankan Lions. One of the major concerns for Bangladesh has been the form of Shakib-Al-Hasan, who has just scored just 3 and 13 runs in the competition. Shakib is one of their best players.
However, in the bowling department, Bangladesh have some top players, including Taskin Ahmed and Mashrafe Mortaza as their fast bowlers. With the pitch having assisted seamers in the competition, Bangladesh have other bowlers, such as Mustafizur Rahman, to look to.
These bowlers are going to be tested by Sri Lanka, who have some good batsmen in their line-up, including Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, and Angelo Mathews.Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have enough resources in their ranks to counter it, in the likely situation that the conditions remain the same. Bangladesh's four pacers - Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain - are fast gaining in reputation and will be more than a handful in helpful conditions, as they showed in the game against the United Arab Emirates. Their batting has been the bigger worry with failures in first two games. One of their key members in the unit - Shakib Al Hasan - has a high score of just 20 in his last nine T20I innings. That will be the biggest worry for the skipper. Shakib's failures gain more prominence in the absence of Tamim Iqbal in the line-up. The rest of the batting unit will not find it any easier against Sri Lanka and if Bangladesh are to show any improvement in this format, it is once again Shakib's responsibility to show them the way forward. The think-tank would also be pondering the need to shuffle the batting order a touch to adapt to the conditions. Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim will probably be of more value to them higher up in the order in these conditions. The bowling unit is far more settled and it's unlikely it'll see a change for this game.
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka): Malinga is a world class bowler in the shortest format and showed his brilliance with the ball against UAE. The skipper picked four wickets against the minnows and did what he does best in focussing on bowling full and straight. Malinga's ability to bowl those toe-crushing yorkers will keep the Bangladesh batsman guessing. Malinga will look to get crucial key wickets upfront and use the conditions wisely. A lot will depend on him in order to propel the others in order to chip in as well and a fine start could serve that purpose.Bangladesh lost against India in their opening game and the shoulders of some players dropped after that, but things changed for the hosts as they defeated the UAE quite comprehensively. Bangladesh defeated the UAE by 51 runs, with contributions from Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah on the batting front while all their bowlers performed well.
"Our confidence was slightly shaken after losing the first game, but the win over the UAE will certainly help us get that back. In fact, it will help that we beat them convincingly, especially ahead of the next game against Sri Lanka," ESPN Cricinfo quoted batsman Sabbir Rahman as saying.
Bangladesh have a decent mix of batsmen and bowlers in their team to outshine Sri Lanka, but they need all their top-order to deliver against the Lankan Lions. One of the major concerns for Bangladesh has been the form of Shakib-Al-Hasan, who has just scored just 3 and 13 runs in the competition. Shakib is one of their best players.
However, in the bowling department, Bangladesh have some top players, including Taskin Ahmed and Mashrafe Mortaza as their fast bowlers. With the pitch having assisted seamers in the competition, Bangladesh have other bowlers, such as Mustafizur Rahman, to look to.
These bowlers are going to be tested by Sri Lanka, who have some good batsmen in their line-up, including Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, and Angelo Mathews.Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have enough resources in their ranks to counter it, in the likely situation that the conditions remain the same. Bangladesh's four pacers - Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain - are fast gaining in reputation and will be more than a handful in helpful conditions, as they showed in the game against the United Arab Emirates. Their batting has been the bigger worry with failures in first two games. One of their key members in the unit - Shakib Al Hasan - has a high score of just 20 in his last nine T20I innings. That will be the biggest worry for the skipper. Shakib's failures gain more prominence in the absence of Tamim Iqbal in the line-up. The rest of the batting unit will not find it any easier against Sri Lanka and if Bangladesh are to show any improvement in this format, it is once again Shakib's responsibility to show them the way forward. The think-tank would also be pondering the need to shuffle the batting order a touch to adapt to the conditions. Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim will probably be of more value to them higher up in the order in these conditions. The bowling unit is far more settled and it's unlikely it'll see a change for this game.
