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Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets and recorded their second victory in the ODI World Cup 2023 after losing six games on the trot. Bangladesh winning the toss invited Sri Lanka to bat first and restricted them to a total of 279 runs despite a stunning ton from Charith Asalanka. Angelo Mathews' timed-out dismissal became the talk of the town in this game.
Bangladesh chased down a target of 280 runs with 53 balls to spare with the help of a stunning 169-run partnership for the third wicket between Najmul Hossain Shanto (90) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan (82) respectively.
Dilshan Madushanka (3/69), Angelo Mathews (2/35) and Maheesh Theekshana (2/44) tried their best to bundle out the Bangladeshi side with the ball, but still they ended up losing this game by 3 wickets.
Numbers and Stats from the SL vs BAN game:
1 - Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka for the first time in ODI World Cup history.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in ODI World Cup:
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets in Pietermaritzburg, 2003
Sri Lanka won by 198 runs in Port of Spain, 2007
Sri Lanka won by 92 runs in Melbourne, 2015
Bangladesh win by 3 wickets in Delhi, 2023
1 - Angelo Mathews became the first batsman to get dismissed through a 'Timed Out' dismissal in International Cricket.
Read More: Check out what is Timed Out in cricket here
2 - Charith Asalanka recorded a second century in his ODI career.
Charith Asalanka's centuries in ODIs:
110 vs Australia in Colombo(RPS), 2022
108 vs Bangladesh in Delhi, 2023
Batters to score a century for Sri Lanka in ODI World Cup while batting at number 5 (or) lower position:
Mahela Jayawardene - 100 vs Afghanistan in Dunedin, 2015
Angelo Mathews - 113 vs India in Leeds, 2019
Charith Asalanka - 108 vs Bangladesh in Delhi, 2023
3 - Sri Lanka became the third team to get eliminated from the ODI World Cup 2023 semi-final race after Bangladesh and England.
Read More: Check if Sri Lanka still has a chance to qualify for Champions Trophy 2025 here
21 - Dilshan Madushanka has become the highest wicket-taker (21) in ODI World Cup 2023.
Most wickets in ODI World Cup 2023:
Dilshan Madushanka - 21
Adam Zampa - 19
Marco Jansen - 17
Most wickets for Sri Lanka in a single ODI WC edition:
Chaminda Vaas - 23 in 2003
Muralitharan - 23 in 2007
Dilshan Madushanka - 21 in 2023
53 - Bangladesh have won this match with 53 balls to be spared.
Biggest margin of win (by balls left) for Bangladesh in ODI World Cup:
92b vs Afghanistan in Dharamsala, 2023
53b vs Sri Lanka in Delhi, 2023
52b vs Netherlands in Chattogram, 2011
169 - Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto recorded a 169-run partnership in this game.
Highest Partnership for Bangladesh in ODI World Cup:
Litton Das-Shakib Al Hasan: 189* vs West Indies in Taunton, 2019
Najmul Hossain Shanto-Shakib Al Hasan: 169 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi, 2023
Mushfiqur Rahim-Shakib Al Hasan: 142 vs South Africa in The Oval, 2019
477 - A total of 477 sixes have been smashed in World Cup 2023 overall, which is the most in any single World Cup tournament.
