Sadeera 93 trumps Hridoy’s 82 as Sri Lanka begin Super Four with shut win

Why Shanaka was even wanted to bowl so many overs was right down to Sri Lanka’s traditional early-overs weapon Maheesh Theekshana having copped a blow on his proper thumb whereas batting, and thus taken out of the assault after an eight-run opening over. Theekshana, as it could end up, would return in direction of the loss of life overs to seize the essential wicket of Hridoy, in addition to Shamim Hossain and Taskin Ahmed – all lbw – to complete with three wickets, although 69 runs given away off 9 overs was uncharacteristically excessive.