Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in the 38th match of the World Cup 2023. This victory of Bangladesh was quite controversial. There was a lot of uproar regarding Angelo Mathews’ time out. Apart from this, if we talk about Bangladesh, then it has achieved a special achievement. The Bangladeshi team has equaled its own record of hitting the most sixes in a World Cup match. Bangladesh has repeated this feat after almost eight years.
Bangladesh had hit the maximum number of sixes in a World Cup match against New Zealand in this World Cup. The team had hit a total of 8 sixes. Whereas against India also he hit 8 sixes. The team had hit 7 sixes against Scotland in a World Cup match in 2015. Now he has equaled this record by hitting 7 sixes against Sri Lanka. In the match played in Delhi, Litus, Shakib Al Hasan and Tauhid Hridoy hit two sixes each for Bangladesh. Whereas Mohammadullah hit a six.
In the match played in Delhi, Sri Lanka had scored 279 runs while batting first. During this period Pathum Nissanka had scored 41 runs. Aslanka batted brilliantly and scored a century. He scored 108 runs facing 105 balls. During this period he hit 6 fours and 5 sixes. Samaravikraman had scored 41 runs in 42 balls. Dhananjaya de Silva had played an inning of 34 runs.
Bangladesh team, which came to chase the target given by Sri Lanka, won the match with the loss of 7 wickets in 41.1 overs. Nazmul Hussaun Shanto scored 90 runs for Bangladesh. His innings included 12 fours. Captain Shakib scored 82 runs in 65 balls. He hit 12 fours and 2 sixes.