Fernando finishes the game in Sri Lanka’s favour after Dasun and Kusal set up the foundation.

Sri Lanka came out on top in a thriller against Bangladesh, thus knocking them out of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka further rubbed it in with ‘Nagin Dance’ after the victory which is Bangladeshi cricketers’ usual celebration routine. Bangladesh batted first and posted a challenging total of 183 runs riding on the back of Afif Hossains 39 and Mehidy Hasan’s 38. In reply, Mendis played a crucial knock of 60 of 37 balls consisting four boundaries and three sixes. The captain Dasun Sanaka who was under extra pressure to perform after his pre-match jibe at the Bangladesh’s bowling attack scored 45 of 33 balls. However, the victory was capped off by Sri Lanka’s debutant Asitha Fernando who hit two crucial boundaries at the end taking Sri Lanka home. Ebadot Hossain, had a great first spells where he had three scalps but was later taken for runs and he finished with figures of 3/51. Sri Lanka will now take on Afghanistan in their first Super 4 encounter on Saturday. Afghanistan had comfortable won the previous group stage encounter between these teams chasing down the target in just 10 overs.