Sri Lanka have asserted their authority over Bangladesh within the second recreation of the Asia Cup 2023 in Pallekele. The wrecker-in-chief behind this has been none apart from thriller spinner Maheesh Theekshana, who made the opposition batter look clueless. 

Maheesh Theekshana made a mockery of the Bangladesh batters and it didn’t appear that the opposition staff learn him in any respect. Out of the 2 wickets that he picked, the scalp of Najmul Hossain Shanto was one of the vital talked about dismissals within the first innings. 

Maheesh Theekshana bowled a staggering supply that even outfoxed well-set Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was batting at 89. The Sri Lanka spinner bowled a size ball round off stump. The ball drifted in sharply and went by means of the bat and pad of the batter to rattle the stumps. 

Najmul Hossain Shanto tried to play the flick and dab it for a single. However he utterly missed the road of the ball from Maheesh Theekshana and ended up getting bowled. Right here’s the video: 

An distinctive innings from #NajmulHossainShanto got here to an finish, as he fell simply 11 in need of a deserving 💯#MaheeshTheekshana picks up the well-set batter with a corker of a supply!

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Najmul Hossain Shanto regarded probably the most settled batter within the staff and was batting with nice grit and dedication. He fell for 89 runs off 122 balls and in addition smashed 7 fours in his innings. His knock made certain that Bangladesh went previous 150 runs. 

BAN vs SL: Maheesh Theekshana together with Matheesha Pathirana mix to bundle out Bangladesh for 164 runs 

Other than Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana was the bowler who troubled the Bangladesh batters. The pacer together with his slinging motion regarded like a harmful pressure as he picked 4 wickets and gave away simply 32 runs. 

Maheesh Theekshana picked two wickets whereas Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, and Dunith Wellage additionally picked a wicket every. Primarily based on the rollicking bowling effort, they bundled out the opposition for simply 164 runs. Other than Najmul Hossain Shanto, no different batter crossed the 20-run mark with second greatest scorer being Towhid Hridoy with 20 runs.