Chittagong has intense sunshine during the day, but it is the opposite in the evening. In the month of Chaitra, the mood of winter descends on Sagarika. Like the first ODI, the second match was also dominated by dew. Sri Lanka did not make any more mistakes this time. After winning the toss, they sent Bangladesh to bat in the beginning. Bangladesh also did not score less runs on the scoreboard. 286 runs in normal times is challenging. But where dew is affected, this run is not at all safe. At the end of the match, Tawheed Hriday played a great innings of 96 runs.
Bangladesh got a big capital of 286 runs with the bat of Tawheed Hriday-Soumya Sarkar. They also dropped 3 wickets of the Lankans while playing for a target of 287 runs. But Pathum Nisanka’s century and Charith Asalanka’s 90 in the innings decided the course of the match. After 4 wickets in bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga became the hero by playing an important role in batting at the end. Tawheed Hriday, who came to the press conference after losing the second ODI by 3 wickets, said that they lost some runs on the scoreboard, ‘I think the wicket was like 330/340. We were 20 to 30 runs short. If we were set and carried a little more, those who were set. Then maybe the scenario would have been different.’
This batter also admitted that the dew had an effect on the match, ‘The dew is not really in our hands. In our country there is hardly any dew at this time. Good dew fell in two matches. The bowlers also bowled well. Next day match, then the game will be different.
Bangladesh took three wickets for 43 runs and put the Lankans under pressure. But in the fourth wicket, Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nisanka took the match away from Bangladesh. Sri Lanka reached 228 runs on their 183-ball 185-run partnership. Nisanka played an innings of 114 runs. On the other hand, Asalanka played an innings of 91 runs. Hridoy feels that Bangladesh lost because of the innings of these two, ‘I think they (Nisanka-Asalanka) have formed a very good pair. Credit should also be given to them. Who we are set, if we could have carried the innings more. If Soumya Bhai or I could make it bigger from above. I kept telling Soumya bhai to play today. If Soumya Bhai’s innings had been bigger or Shant Bhai’s innings had been bigger, the game might have been different.’
Tawheed reached his half century off 74 balls. He scored the next 46 runs off just 28 balls. He played a great innings with two pacers Taskin and Shakib towards the end. Just as it was needed in the end. Talking about his innings, Tawheed said, ‘He said it was slow… you have to understand the situation. Wickets were falling after a while. As much as my head worked, I tried to finish the game, as there was no batter. If there was, it might have been a different scenario. What I was seeing from the beginning was that I was going to finish the game as I lost wickets after a while. As I am a set batter, it would be better to finish the game.’
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