Angelo Mathews on Monday turned the primary worldwide cricketer to be timed out however Charith Asalanka’s well timed hundred steered Sri Lanka to a aggressive 279 all out towards Bangladesh in a World Cup match being performed amid extreme air pollution ranges right here on Monday.
Asalanka smashed six fours and 5 maximums throughout his 105-ball 108, his second ODI ton, to hold the staff on his shoulders even because the drama unfolded within the center overs with Mathews getting out in a weird style.
Asalanka solid a 63-run partnership with Sadeera Samarawickrama (41), earlier than including 78 off 82 balls with Dhananjaya de Silva. He additionally shared 45 off 48 with Maheesh Theekshana (22). Opener Pathum Nissanka additionally contributed with a 36-ball 41.
The 2 groups do not have a lot at stake within the World Cup however there may be by no means a uninteresting second when the 2 rivals play and Mathews’ dismissal added one other chapter to their bitter rivalry when he was timed out, the primary occasion in worldwide cricket throughout format.
Mathews had walked in after Samarawickrama was holed out within the third ball of twenty fifth over off Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s bowling however he did not get able to face the ball inside two minutes resulting from some points with the strap of his helmet.
It prompted Bangladesh to enchantment and Mathews was given marching orders by the umpires regardless of his repeated pleas.
Opting to discipline, wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahman produced a second of brilliance with a surprising catch to eliminate comeback man Kusal Perera (4) however Nissanka lower Shoriful Islam to dimension with three fours within the third over to shake off the early jitters.
The opener seemed in ominous type as he did a lot of the harm as Sri Lanka reached 52 for two within the first energy play.
Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis, who took 14 balls to get off the mark, clobbered Tanzim Hasan Sakib over mid on for the primary six of the innings earlier than selecting up one other 4.
Nonetheless, his keep ended when he tried to ship one off Shakib over his head solely to be caught by Shoriful.
Nissanka then dragged one on to his stumps from exterior off handy Tanzim his first World Cup wicket as Sri Lanka misplaced two wickets in succession.
Asalanka deposited a slower ball from Tanzim over lengthy on to ease the stress.
Asalanka and Samarawickrama then shaped an alliance to regular the ship with the previous hitting two sixes — one over lengthy on from a slower ball from Tanzim and the opposite being off Shakib over lengthy off.
The duo added 63 off 69 balls and simply when it appeared issues have been going their method, Bangladesh struck again with the wickets of Samarawickrama and Mathews.
Nonetheless, Asalanka and De Silva (34) rapidly recovered from the setback, forging a 78-run stand to take Sri Lanka throughout the 200 mark.
Asalanka accomplished his fifty within the thirty first over with a 4 off Tanzim however De Silva was stumped by Mushfiqur after the batter was flummoxed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz in thirty eighth over.
With Asalanka going robust, Sri Lanka added 107 runs in 19.3 overs.
Tanzim was on his firing line as Asalanka smashed three fours within the thirty third over earlier than sending him for a most within the forty fourth over and forty ninth over. He was finally holed out within the forty ninth over.
