Welcome to the highlights of Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - The 3rd Place Play-off match of the 2026 Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition Twenty20 International cricket tournament between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was played at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin on October 03rd, 2026.
Match Overview:
Tharindu Ratnayake's blazing half-century and Sahan Arachchige's valuable 33 before Bowlers shines as Sri Lanka thumping 63-run victory over Bangladesh and moved to third place to earned bronze medal in a one-sided third play-off clash of a Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition.
Match Stats:
- Sri Lanka's 63-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs against Bangladesh in T20Is.
- Tharindu Ratnayake equalled a 26-ball joint second fastest fifty by an Sri Lankan batsman against Bangladesh in T20 internationals, jointly with Kusal Mendis.
- 93 : Sahan Arachchige and Tharindu Ratnayake shared the second highest sixth-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in T20 international and also the Sri Lanka's second highest second-wicket stand in T20Is, The highest is 97-run stand between Kusal Perera and Thisara Perera at Colombo (RPS) in the 2018 Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series.
- Sri Lanka's 165 was their joint 11th highest score against Bangladesh in T20Is.
- The Nisshin T20I game produced the sixth instance of Bangladesh openers getting out for ducks in the same match, Three of those 6 occasions came against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
- This is the first instance of Bangladesh's top three batsmen getting out for a duck in a T20I innings and overall the 15th such instance in T20Is.
- Bangladesh's 102 was their second lowest score in a completed innings against Sri Lanka in T20Is after their 83 at Johannesburg in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Sri Lanka scored 165-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Tharindu Ratnayake hammered a 65 off 32-balls including 7-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 203.12.
Sahan Arachchige cracked a 33 off 37-balls including 3-fours and Ashen Bandara hit 18 off 24-balls contained 3-fours.
Bangladesh best bowler by Mahedi Hasan, Saif Hassan and Mustafizur Rahman each took 2-wickets, Debutant Al Islam - who took one-wicket on his debut T20I match and Rishad Hossain picked up one-wicket.
Bangladesh bundled out for 102 in 17.3 overs with top scorer by Nasum Ahmed cracked a 26 off 28-balls including 2-fours & a six.
Yasir Ali hit 21 off 16-balls including 2-fours & a six and Parvez Hossain Emon scored 20 off 26-balls contained 3-fours.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Wanuja Sahan, Nuwan Thushara, Tharindu Ratnayake, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth each took 2-wickets and one for Sahan Arachchige - Dushan Hemantha.
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