This followed a verbal spat that spilt over to the social sphere with former cricketer Jayawardene and Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne urging the five-time Aisa cup winners to put up a show worthy of their name, and that’s what the young SL brigade did with a thrilling two-wicket win in Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai to knock Bangladesh out of the competition on Thursday.īut, this is not a bitter rivalry whose seeds were sown by Shanaka’s comments. It all started with SL captain Dasun Shanaka’s comments in the pre-match press conference where he stated Bangladesh are easier opponents than Afghanistan because Bangladesh have only two quality bowlers, to which Bangladesh coach Khalid Mahmud retorted back saying that Bangladesh at least have two, Sri Lanka have none.ĪSIA CUP 2022: FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS There was no love lost between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as the two teams – struggling for form in T20Is recently – engaged in a war of words even before their virtual knockout clash on Thursday, which had the greats like Mahela Jayawardene getting involved.
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