Sri Lanka 165 for 9 (Ratnayake 65, Arachchige 33, Mahedi 2-19, Saif 2-28, Mustafizur 2-43) beat Bangladesh 102 (Nasum 26, Sahan 2-17, Thushara 2-18, Ratnayake 2-18, Vijayskanth 2-26) by 63 runs
Nightmare powerplay for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s top order started where they had finished against India in the semi-final.
After just four overs, Sri Lanka were 21 for 4. Their top four had totalled just 27 runs over two matches, 15 of them coming from Nuwanidu against India.
Ratnayake revives Sri Lanka
Arachchige kept his side afloat from No. 5 and rebuilt with Ashen Bandara in a fifth-wicket stand worth 33 runs.
Mustafizur had conceded 23 runs in his last over against Pakistan in the semi-final, but this was his most expensive over in T20Is.
Ratnayake now had the momentum, and he slammed Rishad Hossain for a reverse-hit six in the next over that went for 16 runs.
Aliss, who had bowled tightly thus far, went for 11 in the 16th over, which again had Ratnayake switching him through point.
Mustafizur continued to leak runs at the other end, before Ratnayake ripped into Rishad in the 18th over. The first six of the over brought up his half-century off 26 balls, before Ratnayake struck two fours and a six with conventional leg-side sweeps. The over ended with Parvez Hossain Emon dropping Ratnayake. Sri Lanka made 64 runs in the last five overs.
Three ducks from the top three
Viyaskanth, Sahan finish Bangladesh off
After a brief semi-recovery, Bangladesh collapsed again to more Sri Lankan spin.
