SL vs BAN LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka Strike Early, Bangladesh Lose 2nd Wicket In Chase

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh LIVE Updates: Nuwan Thushara has provided Sri Lanka with their second breakthrough as he dismissed Tanzid Hasan for 3. Currently, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton Das are standing unbeaten at the crease for two-down Bangladesh, in the chase of 125. Earlier, three-wicket hauls by Rishad Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman helped Bangladesh restrict Sri Lanka to 124/9 in 20 overs in their T20 World Cup 2024 match on Saturday. Opting to bowl, Bangladesh always dominated the proceedings and never let Sri Lanka get an upper hand in the game. For SL, Pathum Nissanka scored 47 while Dhananjaya de Silva scored 21. For Bangladesh, Hossain and Rahman scalped three wickets each while Taskin Ahmed scalped two wickets. (LIVE UPDATES | Points Table)

Welcome back for the chase. The players and umpires return to the park. It will be Soumya Sarkar and Tanzid Hasan to open for Bangladesh. Dhananjaya de Silva ,the offie, will start with the ball for Sri Lanka looking at two left-handed openers. Here we go!

…THE RUN CHASE…

For Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain were terrific and took three apiece while Taskin Ahmed chipped in with couple in his comeback game. Bangladesh came back well after the powerplay and conceded just 71 runs in the next 14 overs, picking 7 wickets along the way. Right then, Bangladesh need 125 for the win and will be confident of chasing it down and get their first win of the tournament. Can they do it or will the Sri Lankan bowlers come hard at them? We shall find out. Join us in a bit for the second essay.

Taskin Ahmed is up for a chat. He says that it was a good start for him after an injury and they will celebrate after winning the game. Adds that he is happy with the bowling unit