Watch BAN vs SL Asia Cup highlights, Sri Lanka won the match by 6 wickets

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BAN vs SL Asia Cup highlights: The fifth match was played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka today on Saturday, 13 September in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 in UAE. Let us tell you that in this match, Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets on the basis of excellent bowling and then brilliant batting. Sri Lanka has started the tournament with a win.

First, bowling brilliantly, Sri Lanka stopped Bangladesh at just 139 runs, and then achieved this target very easily by losing only four wickets in 14.4 overs. For Sri Lanka, opener Pathum Nissanka played a brilliant innings of 50 runs.

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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 5th Match Highlights

If we give you information about the match, then Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, Bangladesh's start was not very good.

Bangladesh innings

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First Bangladesh had a jolt. The opening pair of Tanjid Hasan and Parvez Hussain Emon returned to the pavilion without opening their account. After this, Tauhid Hridoy was run out after scoring eight runs while Mehdi Hasan was out LBW after scoring nine runs. The team suffered the fifth blow in the form of captain Liton Das, who was made his victim by Wanindu Hasranga. He was dismissed after scoring 28 runs in 26 balls.

There was an unbeaten partnership of 86 runs in 61 balls between Zakir Ali and Shamim Hussain for the sixth wicket against Sri Lanka. Both remained unbeaten after scoring 41 and 42 runs respectively. For Bangladesh, Wanindu Hasranga took two wickets while Nuwan Tushara and Dushmantha Chameera took one wicket each.

Sri Lanka innings

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Sri Lanka, chasing the target of 140 runs, started with a jolt. Kusal Mendis was caught by Liton Das off Mustafizur Rahman on the fifth ball of the second over. He could score just three runs. However, after this Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishra took over the charge. There was a partnership of 95 runs in 52 balls for the second wicket between the two. This partnership was broken by Mehdi Hasan. He made Nissanka his victim. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs in 34 balls with the help of six fours and a six.

At the same time, Kamil Mishra stood till the end and ensured the victory of the team by playing a quick innings of 46 runs. During this unbeaten innings, he hit four fours and two sixes. Captain Charith Asalanka remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs. Apart from him, Kusal Perera scored nine and Dasun Shanaka scored one run. For Bangladesh, Mehdi Hasan took two wickets while Mustafizur Rahman and Tanjim Hasan Sakib got one success each.

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