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Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Asia Cup 2025: Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the first Super Fours match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, September 20.

This was the first win for Bangladesh in four games against Sri Lanka in the UAE and also their third win in the last four head-to-head T20Is. Nasum Ahmed hit the winning run to take his team in a thrilling fashion as they chased down the 169-run target. This is just the second win in the last 16 matches for Bangladesh while chasing a 160-plus target.

The other instance also came against Sri Lanka at Sylhet in March 2024.

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Highest successful chase by BAN in T20Is

215 vs SL, Colombo RPS, 2018

194 vs ZIM, Harare, 2021

169 vs SL, Dubai (DICS), 2025*

166 vs SL, Sylhet, 2024

Saif Hassan was the top run-getter for Bangladesh as he came up with a remarkable contribution of 61 runs in just 45 balls on the back of two fours and four sixes. On the other hand, Towhid Hridoy also smashed an important half-century, scoring 58 runs in 37 balls, hitting four boundaries and a couple of sixes.

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"Before the Asia Cup, we played a couple of series, and we batted really well and we chased down comfortably. We all know how dangerous Mustafizur is. It looked like a pretty good wicket to bat on. Mustafizur's 19th over and Taskin's 20th over changed the game. It looked like 190, but they kept it down," Bangladesh skipper Litton Das said at the post-match presentation.

After being put into bat first, Sri Lanka posted a challenging total of 168/7 in their 20 overs on the back of an impressive half-century from senior all-rounder Dasun Shanaka. He played a remarkable knock of unbeaten 64 runs in just 37 balls, hitting three fours and six sixes.

For Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets for just 20 runs in his four overs, whereas Mahedi Hasan found a couple of scalps as well.