- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Second of the over for Mahedi! Croospulle shuffles down but doesn't quite get to the pitch. Goes for the lofted drive anyway, but only ends up slicing this straight up as Yasir Ali completes a simple take at mid-off 12/22.1 Bang! This was simple stuff from Mahedi, just a length ball arrow straight with the arm. Sineth makes room on the onside to cut this away, but is beaten by one that just skids through, as his stumps are disturbed 7/13.5 And Sri Lanka's poor running from the last game continues! This was a length ball tucked away through square leg, but they opt to come back for a dicey second, as backward square leg comes in and throws in a flat throw at the striker's end. There's still some work to do for Litton to collect and break the stumps, but despite a full stretch dive from the batter he's well short 21/43.1 A first international wicket for Aliss! But oh dear, this is quite the poor decision has to be said. Big turning leg break, as Nuwanidu hangs a bat out and misses. Litton goes up straight away behind the stumps, and that seemed to sway the umpire. But there was clear daylight between bat and ball on this. Nuwanidu walks off looking quite bemused. No DRS here, remember 18/319.3 Castled! Full on off, and Sahan misses the sweep as this skids under the bat. On with the arm and clatters into off stump. End of a very important stabilising knock from the skipper 157/810.5 Top edge and gone! This was a good length ball around off, as Bandara looks to drag this sweep through midwicket. But this grips and turns away, and catches the top edge. Well judged take as square leg moves to his left and holds on to one that was swirling in the wind and falling over his shoulder. Bandara is livid with himself, punching his bat as he walks off - he had done all the hard work to get himself in on this tough surface 54/518.1 And this time it's held! An absolutely stupendous knock comes to an end, and it's the Fizz that gets the breakthrough. This was clattered hard and flat, looking to clear extra cover. But the man there, Rishad Hossain, does well to hold on to this one over head. It was coming at him quite fast, mind 147/618.4 The Fizz gets a second! Looks to bring out the long handle, but gets under this length cutter and only manages to find the fielder at long-on 149/719.5 And now he's gone! Looks for a big swing down leg again, but misses a straight one. This one kept low too 163/9Extras22 (b 2, lb 1, nb 2, w 17)TOTAL165/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.25)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sineth Jayawardena, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Lasith Croospulle, 2.5 ov), 3-18 (Nuwanidu Fernando, 3.1 ov), 4-21 (Sohan de Livera, 3.5 ov), 5-54 (Ashen Bandara, 10.5 ov), 6-147 (Tharindu Ratnayake, 18.1 ov), 7-149 (Dushan Hemantha, 18.4 ov), 8-157 (Sahan Arachchige, 19.3 ov), 9-163 (Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mahedi Hasan 4 0 19 2 4.75 13 1 0 1 0 Al Islam 4 0 18 1 4.5 14 2 0 2 0 Nasum Ahmed 2 0 8 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 Rishad Hossain 4 0 46 1 11.5 9 5 3 1 0 Saif Hassan 3 0 28 2 9.33 8 2 2 0 0 Mustafizur Rahman 3 0 43 2 14.33 7 4 1 5 2
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 Wicket maiden! What an excellent start for SL. The bowler saw the batter charge at him and pulled his length short. Saif looked to slice it to the off side but a faint edge of his leading edge carried to safely to the keeper. 0/11.2 Troubles compound for Bangladesh as they lose second without a run on the scoreboard. Tossed up on off and the batter chipped it down the ground unconvincingly. Seemed to be in two minds on how to play that ball. The long off fielder had to move a few paces to his left to reverse cup a simple catch. All too easy for SL at the moment. 0/22.1 Thushara is breathing fire! Liton Das has been bamboozled by an excellent yorker which whizzes past under his bat. Absolute ripper 4/38.2 Oh what has he done there?! Lands a googly on length on off and Emon looks to glide it past the keeper but it takes a feather edge of his bat to the keeper. It balloons of the keeper's gloves but he takes it safely on the second attempt. 50/53.5 And a dream day for Ratnayake continues! Tossed up in the slot and Hridoy hands a simple catch to mid on fielder as he mistimes a hoick down the ground. 18/411.2 Tossed up and it crashes into his leg stump with the arm. That's Bangladesh's last recognised batter walking back to the pavilion. The ball sneaks through his bat and pad as he looked to drive it down the ground, but played the wrong line altogether. SL two wickets away from the bronze now. 72/88.3 Big appeal and umpire Afridi takes his sweet time to adjudge it LBW! A flatter googly raps on his front pad from length. It sneaks past his inside edge and raps on his front pad. Bangladesh in trouble now as SL have two in two. 50/69.6 Sharp skills, takes a stunning catch off his own bowling! Lobbed up on off and Hossain drilled it back to the bowler to his left. Sahan takes an excellent catch with both of his hands. Sri Lanka continue to get close to the podium finish. 67/717.3 In the air and Sri Lanka win the bronze medal. Looks to slog sweep the tossed up delivery down the ground but holes out to long on. 102/1014.5 The googly does the trick! Lobbed on length and it turns into him from the line of off stump. The debutant is surprised by the spin and bounce and the ball crashes into his stumps off the inside edge as he is late to bring his bat down. 87/9Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL102 all out (17.3 Overs, RR: 5.82)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Saif Hassan, 0.6 ov), 2-0 (Tanzid Hasan, 1.2 ov), 3-4 (Litton Das, 2.1 ov), 4-18 (Towhid Hridoy, 3.5 ov), 5-50 (Parvez Hossain Emon, 8.2 ov), 6-50 (Mahedi Hasan, 8.3 ov), 7-67 (Rishad Hossain, 9.6 ov), 8-72 (Yasir Ali, 11.2 ov), 9-87 (Al Islam, 14.5 ov), 10-102 (Nasum Ahmed, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Thushara 4 1 18 2 4.5 17 1 1 3 0 KTH Ratnayake 3 0 18 2 6 11 3 0 1 0 V Viyaskanth 3 0 26 2 8.66 9 4 1 0 0 SSD Arachchige 1.3 0 9 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 W Sahan 4 0 17 2 4.25 11 1 0 0 0 MADI Hemantha 2 0 11 1 5.5 4 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Series result
Sri Lanka won the 3rd place play-off
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-10.30, Interval 10.30-10.50, Second Session 10.50-12.10
Match days
3 October 2026 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 4 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 51/4 in 10.0 overs (SSD Arachchige 14, KNA Bandara 17)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (90 balls), Extras 18
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (SSD Arachchige 7, KTH Ratnayake 33, Ex 10)
- KTH Ratnayake: 50 off 26 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (115 balls), Extras 21
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 165/9 in 20.0 overs (W Sahan 5, N Thushara 2)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 4 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 67/7 in 10.0 overs (Yasir Ali 20)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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