Bangladesh will play the second match of the ODI series against Sri Lanka today. Bangladesh performed well enough in the first match and won. Bangladesh won especially because of the responsible batting of Shanto and Mushfiq. However, the performance of three batsmen of Bangladesh's top order was weak as usual. Today's match is also going to be held in Chittagong. I hope Bangladesh will win.
Sri Lanka lost the first match due to poor batting. The Sri Lankan team had given a target of 256 runs. Maybe they could have won if the target was more than 280. The pitch was not bowling friendly. A score of 255 was not enough to win on this pitch.
Especially if the bowling and batting line can perform well, it is possible to win the second ODI match. Because Bangladesh team is very strong at home ground, they always perform well in their own ground.
Maybe Sri Lanka will perform better in today's match. They have the ability to perform well and win against Bangladesh. Even though Bangladesh is playing at their home ground, they are not getting much advantage. We don't see good performance from Bangladesh in T20 series. Sri Lanka won the T20 series 2-1.
Sri Lanka won the toss and took the fielding decision today. As you can't do well by batting first in the first match, perhaps this is the reason why the Sri Lankan captain has taken the fielding decision today.
Bangladeshi opener Liton Das batted badly today. He could not add any runs to the scoreboard. But Soumyo and Shanto are batting very well now. At the end of 7 overs, Bangladesh team managed to collect 45 runs.
After losing the wicket of Liton in the first over, Bangladesh team is now in a very good position. At the end of 12 overs, Bangladesh collected 73 runs, and Bangladesh has not lost any wicket yet. Soumyo and Captain Shanto are batting very well. Soumyo Sarker scored 32 runs off 32 balls and Shanto remained unbeaten on 40 runs off 38 balls. After a long time, I am seeing a good performance from the top order of Bangladesh. If Bangladesh can collect 100 runs from this pair, I guess Bangladesh will give 300+ target today.
Sri Lankan bowlers are not doing well today. If they can't break the pair of Shanto and Soumy quickly, then Bangladesh will provide a big target in this match today. Shanto is in very good form. Shanto was unbeaten by collecting 122 runs in the previous match.