Sri Lanka won a thriller chasing 184 and knocked Bangladesh out of the ongoing Asia Cup Thursday night in the UAE. Put in to bat first, Bangladesh scored 183 and Sri Lanka chased it down with three balls to play and two wickets to spare. Kusal Mendis (60 off 37) and captain Dasun Shanaka (45 off 33) led the Lankans to the next phase of the tournament. In the last four overs, Sri Lanka needed 43 runs with Shanaka and Karunaratne at the crease. Mustafizur Rahman gave away 9 runs in the 17th over, and Mahedi Hasan also conceded as many runs in the 18th. Eabadot Hossain, who bagged three wickets in the match, conceded 17 runs in the 19th over. In the last over, Mahedi failed to defend eight runs. Earlier, Bangladesh scored 183-7. Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mosaddek Hossain helped the Tigers post a total that they could defend. Bangladesh changed their opening pair in the match, dropping Anamul Haque Bijoy and Mohammad Naim and paving the way for Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Sabbir Rahman. The plan worked for the Tigers. However, Sabbir failed to impress despite hitting a four off the first ball he faced in international cricket after a break of three years. Mehidy scored 38 off 26 balls with two sixes and two fours and Bangladesh scored 55-1 – the highest powerplay total in the ongoing Asia Cup so far. After Sabbir fell, Mushfiqur Rahim failed once again (4 off 5). Shakib scored 21 off 22 with three fours and completed 6,000 runs in T20s – both international and domestic. In the first 10 overs, Bangladesh scored 85-3. In the next five overs, their score stood at 123-4. Afif anchored Bangladesh during the middle overs. Before falling prey to Dilshan Madushanka, he scored 39 off 22 balls with four fours and two sixes. In the fifth wicket stand, Afif and Mahmudullah Riyad added 57 runs off 37 balls. In the last five overs, Bangladesh scored 60 runs. Mosaddek scored 29 off 9 balls with four fours. Taskin Ahmed scored 11 off six balls with a six. For Sri Lanka, Hasaranga and Chamika Karunaratne scalped two wickets each. With this win, Sri Lanka qualified for the next phase of the Asia Cup as the second team after Afghanistan from Group B. Bangladesh ended their Asia Cup campaign without a win. Read: Asia Cup 2022: Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka Match Live Streaming

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat will lead Bangladesh in the third and final T20I against Zimbabwe Tuesday as injury has ruled Nurul Hasan Sohan out of the squad for the match, according to the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Mahmudullah Riyad will be in the team for the third T20 as a replacement for Sohan, who suffered a painful blow to his finger during the second T20I Sunday. Read: BAN vs ZIM ODI Series 2022: What to expect from Bangladesh and squad preview  The Tigers won the match by seven wickets to level the series. So, the third match has become the series decider. After the T20I series, Bangladesh will play a three-match ODI series against the hosts, starting on August 5 at the Harare Sports Club. All the matches will be played at the same venue.

After scoring 141, his best in Tests so far, wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das fell in the eighth over of day two of the Dhaka Test against Sri Lanka. It was a delivery outside off by Kasun Rajitha. Liton tried to defend but a thick edge went to the second slip region and the fielder, Kusal Mendis, did not miss it. With Liton’s departure, the 272-stand between him and Mushfiqur Rahim came to an end. It was the best sixth-wicket stand by Bangladesh in the format. Also read: Mushfiqur, Liton stand tall after disastrous start Two balls later, Mosaddek Hossain faced the same delivery that caused the dismissal of Liton and played the same way, but this time he prodded a catch to the wicketkeeper. Mossadek suffered the fourth duck of the innings. Bangladesh went down to 296 for five to 296 for seven. Along the way, Kasun completed his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. His previous best in Test was four for 60. Overnight centurions Liton and Mushfiqur started the day at 277 for five, with Liton batting at 135 and Mushfiqur at 115. Earlier, Bangladesh lost five wickets under 25 runs in the first hour of the match on day one after Kasun and Asitha Fernando ripped the Bangladeshi batting line-up apart. Rajitha took three wickets on day one, while Asitha took two. Also read: Mushfiqur smashes another ton vs Sri Lanka But for the sixth wicket, Mushfiqur and Liton came in to rescue the Tigers from a batting disaster. The first Test of the series ended in a draw in Chattogram. A win in the Dhaka Test is crucial for both the teams to win the title of this series, which is a part of the ongoing cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.

Two stunning fifties from Mushfiqur Rahim and Mosaddek Hossain powered Abahani Limited’s fourth win in the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Abahani won the toss in this game and sent Gazi Group Cricketers bat first, who posted a challenging total of 150 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Mahedi Hasan and Soumya Sarkar came up with a 78-run stand in this game. Mahedi fell prey to Aminul Islam, who ended up taking two wickets in this game, for 43 while Soumya smashed his first fifty, 67 off 50 with six fours and two sixes, of the season. Mominul Haque was the only other Gazi Group batsman to have reached a double-digit score, 12, in this game. Also read: Mushfiqur Rahim nominated for ICC player of the month While Aminul bagged two wickets for Abahani, Shohidul Islam also scalped two wickets but he conceded 41 runs in four overs. In reply, Abahani openers, Mohammad Naim and Munim Shahriar, posted only 28 runs in the first wickets, and number three Najmul Hossain Shanto scored five. Before reaching 50 runs, Abahani lost three wickets. In the fourth wicket stand, Mushfiqur and Mosaddek added 105 runs, remaining unbeaten for 53 and 50 respectively, and sealed the game for Abahani by seven wickets with 12 balls to play. Also read: Mushfiqur opts out of Zimbabwe T20Is Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan and Sanjit Saha bagged one wicket each for Gazi Group. In the other games of the day at BKSP, Brothers Union beat Partex Sporting Club by 33 runs, and Prime Bank Cricket Club beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by seven wickets.

Mosaddek Hossain has been ruled out of the intra-squad practice game of the Bangladesh national team due to a knee injury.