Sports Reporter :
The Tigers will take on Sri Lanka today in their do-or-die second One Day International (ODI) match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Mehidy Hasan Miraz will lead Bangladesh Cricket team as captain, while Charith Asalanka will lead Sri Lanka Cricket team as captain.
Earlier, Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka by 77 runs in their first ODI match at the same venue on July 2.
The Tigers have to win in today’s ODI if they want to keep their hope alive to avoid the loss of the three-match ODI series against the Islanders. If the second ODI match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka washes out by rain, Bangladesh have to win in the third ODI. On the other hand, if Bangladesh lose to the hosts in the second ODI, Bangladesh will taste an ODI series defeat.
The second ODI will start at 3:00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time).
Private satellite sports channel T Sports and private satellite channel Nagorik TV will telecast the match live.
Before today’s match, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka faced each other in 58 ODI matches. Of them, Bangladesh recorded 12 victories, while Sri Lanka won in the 44 occasions and rest of the two matches ended without any result.
Promising opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim played a superb innings in the first ODI on July 2. He hit nine fours and one sixer but after his dismissal rest of the batters accepting Jaker Ali failed to shine with the willow. Jaker Ali hit a half-century.
Tanzid Hasan Tamim said, ” The batter who will set in this wicket, have to play a long innings. I hope our promising batters will take time to set and then, they will play a good innings.”
When asked about the first ODI, Tanzid Hasan Tamim replied if Shanto and I could play for a long time, we could make an easier task for the rest of the batters. We were ill-fated.
They earned a good run out and they dismissed our set batter by a spectacular catch. It was a turning point of that match. If we could make more two 30-40-run innings, it would be easier for us to win the match.”
” I don’t think that I played well. Because I could not fulfill the demand of our team. If I could fulfill the desire of my team, I could say that I played well and did something special for my team.”
