Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the 1st Warm up match played ahead of ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

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Batting first Bangladesh scored 147 for loss of 7 wickets with Soumya Sarkar top scoring with 34 runs. For Sri Lanka Dushmantha Chameera bagged 3 wickets for 26 runs.

Chasing the target, Sri Lanka lost the plot by losing too many wickets in the middle overs and were at deep trouble at 75/6. Joining Avishka Fernando in the middle Chamika Karunartne rescued Sri Lanka and their unbeaten partnership took home Sri Lanka with an over to spare. Avishka top scored with 62 runs while Chamika scored 29 runs.

Sri Lanka go against Papua New Guinea on the 15th as the 2nd Warm up game.

Bangladesh 147/7 in 20 overs

Sri Lanka 149-6 after 19 overs

Kusal Janith 04 (8), Pathum Nissanka 15 (12), Dinesh Chandimal 13 (15), Avishka Fernando 62* (48), Bhanuka Rajapaksa 00 (2), Wanindu Hasaranga 07 (6), Dasun Shanaka 07 (5), Chamika Karunaratne 29* (25)

Sri Lanka Bowling Figures

Chamika 11-0(2), Chameera 27-3(4), Lahiru 24-1 (4), Maheesh 31-1(4), Wanindu 24-1 (4), Shanaka 17-1  (2)