Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, Match 5, Asia Cup 2022

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have met only twice in men’s T20Is at neutral venues, with the former triumphing on both occasions; the most recent such game saw the Lions winning by a margin of five wickets in October 2021.

Sri Lanka have won just two of their 12 men’s T20Is in the calendar year 2022 (T1, L9); their win percentage of just 20.8% is the lowest among all full member teams to have played at least three games in the format this year.

Bangladesh have lost 14 of their last 16 men’s T20I matches, with their only two wins during this run coming against Zimbabwe in July 2022 and Afghanistan in March 2022.

This will be the first ever men’s T20I between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium; the Lions have lost each of their last two matches in the format at this venue, while the Tigers have lost their only previous men’s T20I here.

Bangladesh have scored 33% of their runs from singles in men’s T20Is in 2022, the highest such rate for any full member side this year; Sri Lanka (32%) are ranked third in this category.

Sri Lanka have registered a catch success rate of 72% in men’s T20Is in 2022, the worst such rate among all full member sides; they have caught 31 of their 43 chances during this period.

Bangladesh have conceded a boundary once every 6.9 balls during the powerplay in men’s T20Is in 2022, tied for the least often by any team among full member sides during this period (also Australia).

Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has clean bowled an opposition batter 14 times in men’s T20Is since the start of 2020, the most often by any bowler from a full member side.

Only Jason Holder and Haris Rauf (18 each) have scalped more wickets than Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman (16) during the death overs (overs 17-20) in men’s T20Is since the start of 2021.

Dasun Shanaka (49) is one away from becoming the third player to hit 50 boundary sixes for Sri Lanka in men’s T20Is; Shanaka hit at least two sixes in three of his four men’s T20I innings away from home prior to the start of the ongoing Asia Cup.