is Binura stumped? Litton seems confident. Yes, his foot is in the air when the stumps light up. That's it for Sri Lanka. This was a looped up ball wide of off, turning away, tempting Binura into a big shot over cover. He overbalances, drags his back foot out of the crease, and Litton snaps the bails off. It's fitting that the captain puts the final touch on this win.
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 2nd T20I at Dambulla, SL vs BAN, Jul 13 2025 - Match Result
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Litton Das is player of the match: "In the last couple of games I've been trying to play good cricket but it hasn't happened for a couple of matches. Shamim's batting was amazing. It's a good pitch to bat on, but you need to take a bit of time because some bowlers are coming with a bit of bounce. Whenever Rishad bowls well we're in a good place. The bowling and fielding were important.:"
Charith Asalanka: "We were undone by our bad batting and good fielding from Bangladesh. We also didn't field well. Right now we are in the same situation we were in the ODIs."
Malay : "Litton is my selection for MoM. Any contender?"
That's a HUUUUGE victory for Bangladesh. 83 runs is a substantial margin even in Tests but in T20Is, that's quite the gap. Their batting in the last 10 especially was outstanding. with Litton and Shamim Hossain playing excellent innings. Then their bowlers scythed through Sri Lanka's in-form top order. They've forced a decider in this series as well, with the ODIs also having been live into the third match.
Of those Bangladesh bowlers, Rishad Hossain was especially impressive. His 3 for 18 from 3.2 overs are the best figures in the match.
flatter, faster one, fired down legside
floated up just wide of off, not much turn, but good loop. Binura plays from the crease and misses
Theekshana edges this behind. Bangladesh are one away. This is a fullish ball angled well across the batter. Theekshana swings and gets a thin edge I think. It's a slower ball so it dies on Litton, but he gets his gloves comfortably beneath it
length ball on the pads, shoveled to deep midwicket, the ball traveling in the air for a little bit
cutter, fuller in length, angled across, pitching outside off.. Binura swings and misses
full, almost yorker length, but Binura absolutely nails a straight drive and sends it past the bowler's outstretched left hand, and on for four. Mid off and mid on were in the circle
fullish ball outside off, poked towards cover point and they scamper through
short ball, but too far down leg
back of a length ball on the stumps, Theekshana runs down the track a bit and attempts to hack it through leg, but only gets an under-edge to it
Mustafiz is back.
faster again, wide of off, prodded to cover
pushed through on the stumps, worked towards wide long on
almost caught but it drops juuust short of short third. This was turning away and Theekshana tried to hit it down the ground. Takes the outside edge and floats for a bit, but not long enough. The fielder dives and takes it on the bounce
another fast legbreak, but this one is on the stumps. Binura stabs this away through midwicket and they change ends
another flatter ball, a legreak, outside off, Binura pushes at it and misses
flatter one outside off, full toss I think, drilled to long off
joynul: "Bangladesh now successfully taken the tag of most 'unpredictable' team from Pakistan! No one thought they could win a T20 match, let alone a thumping one. Ironically, they are playing Against former most unpredictable team next week!!"
fuller one, on the stumps, defended to mid on
Binura Fernando is the new batter
scoops this into the hands of short fine leg, where Mustafizur Rahman runs back to take good catch over his shoulder. This was a slower one from Saifuddin, which means that although the length was right the pace was not. Vandersay shuffles to off and shovels it over his shoulder, but Mustafiz can get to i with a couple of big strides. Holds it above his head
short ball into the ribs, pulls it without a lot of timing through backward square leg
fuller ball, wide of off, driven hard but Jaker Ali at extra cover puts in a great dive and stops it
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Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
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Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
Match number | T20I no. 3315 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20 |
Match days | 13 July 2025 - night (20-over match) |
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Over 16 • SL 94/10