{"id":111986,"date":"2025-09-13T21:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=111986"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:15:35","slug":"asia-cup-2025-sri-lanka-win-toss-elect-to-bowl-first-against-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/111986\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2025: Sri Lanka win toss, elect to bowl first against Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ABU DHABI(National times)- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the fifth match of the ongoing ACC Men&#8217;s Asia Cup 2025 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.\u00a0 In T20 cricket, the two teams have faced each other 20 times, with Sri Lanka winning 12 matches and Bangladesh winning eight.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In the men\u2019s T20 Asia Cup, both teams have met twice, with each side claiming one victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Squads:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bangladesh:<\/strong>&nbsp;Litton Das (capt, wk), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mohammad Saifuddin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka:<\/strong>&nbsp;Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Nuwanidu Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara and Matheesha Pathirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABU DHABI(National times)- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the fifth match of the ongoing ACC Men&#8217;s Asia Cup 2025 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.\u00a0 In T20 cricket, the two teams have faced each other 20 times, with Sri Lanka winning 12 matches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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