3rd T20I, SL Vs BAN, 2025 Highlights : Bangladesh Claimed First Ever T20 Series Against Sri Lanka .

3RD T20I, SRI LANKA Vs BANGLADESH, COLOMBO , 2025 HIGHLIGHTS : Bangladesh Claimed First Ever T20 Series Against Sri Lanka .

Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Mahedi Hasan starred as Bangladesh sealed their first ever T20I series win over Sri Lanka with a thumping eight-wicket win in the final T20I at the R. Premadasa Stadium. This is Bangladesh’s first-ever T20I series victory over Sri Lanka and the win, one of their easiest in recent memory as they chased down 133 with 21 balls to spare, was a fitting culmination. And Mahedi Hasan was the architect of Sri Lanka’s collapse with a fine spell of spin bowling on a sluggish surface. He took a career-best 4 for 11, cutting through the middle order after the hosts were reduced to 29 for 3. Mahedi Hasan’s figures are the best by any bowler in T20Is in Colombo. He bettered the record of Harbhajan Singh, which and when he took 4/12 against England in the 2012 T20 World Cup . Bangladesh Claimed First Ever T20 Series Against Sri Lanka .

TOSS-

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

PLAYING XI-

Bangladesh (Playing XI):

Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das (c & wk), Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka (Playing XI):

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara

SRI LANKA-

Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka received early jolts as Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera were dismissed inside the first 12 balls. Mendis was dismissed shortly after hitting a boundary when he flicked Shoriful Islam to deep backward square and Perera followed soon after with a golden duck when he edged Mahedi to slip. Nissanka was dismissed off Shoriful but Sri Lanka received another jolt as Dinesh Chandimal perished top edging Mahedi in the fifth over with Sri Lanka 34 for 3. Nissanka continued, but was running out of partners at the other end, as Mahedi picked up his third when Charith Asalanka lost his off stump for 3.

Mahedi finished an impressive spell of bowling claiming Nissanka caught and bowled to pick up a wicket maiden as Sri Lanka slumped to 66 for 5. Kamindu struck a six and a four off Tanzim Hasan Sakib, but was dismissed shortly after by Shamim Hossain. When the 17th over concluded, Sri Lanka had not even reached 100 and had lost their seventh wicket, that of Vandersay to Mustafizur Rahman. They had only 110, at the close of the 19th. The fact they ended up past 130 was because of Dasun Shanaka, who struck two sixes and as many fours in an over that cost Shoriful 22 to beef up Sri Lanka’s total.

BANGLADESH-

Bangladesh’s pursuit got off to a disastrous start when Parvez Hossain Emon was pinned lbw by Nuwan Thushara for a duck. Litton was trapped leg before wicket by Binura Fernando but successfully reviewed the close call. He then forged a decent stand of 67 with Tanzid to bring Bangladesh back on course. Bangladesh was 47-1 at the end of the sixth over with Litton and Tanzid hitting a six each. The six-hitting did not end with the PowerPlay with Tanzid hitting the fence thrice off Charith Asalanka and once off Jeffrey Vandersay.

The 74-run stand ended in the ninth over after a slogsweep led to Litton’s dismissal, caught by Kamindu Mendis off Dasun Shanaka for 32. But Tanzid wasn’t to be denied and smoked a Vandersay delivery over the leg-side for a six, before edging for four, racing to a 27-ball fifty to lift Bangladesh to 89 for 2 at the halfway point of their innings. Bangladesh reached 100 in the 12th, when Maheesh Theekshana dropped Tanzid off Kamindu who was also hit for a six in the over. Towhid was content playing second fiddle, exchanging the strike with Asif, before he was promoted to partner Asif with a four off Thushara and a six off Theekshana before hitting the winning run.

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka 132 for 7 in 20 overs (Pathum Nissanka 46, Dasun Shanaka 35\*; Mahedi Hasan 4-11) lost to Bangladesh 133 for 2 in 16.3 overs (Tanzid Hasan Tamim 73\*, Litton Das 32; Kamindu Mendis 1-21) by 8 wickets.