So the Bangla Tigers have prowled over the Lankan Lions in this first game of the Super Fours. A tasty little chapter added to this new simmering rivalry that makes the Asia Cup all the more interesting. Over to the mother of all rivalries tomorrow - India vs Pakistan, once again! This is Saurabh Shankar bidding farewell on behalf of Abhinand Raghavendran and Siva!

Litton Das: 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, they changed the game. It looked like 190 but they kept it down. Taskin bowled a really good (final) over. I know Saif can win games for Bangladesh. We all knew he's going to be a good player in UAE. I know his character and I know how he scores runs. Whenever you chase down like this, you are pumped up for the next game but we have to come again - new day, new team and we have to play our A game.

Charith Asalanka: It was a terrific game. We held our nerves till the end but it wasn't enough. Pleased about our batting a little bit, we could have done better in the last 2 overs. We were 10-15 runs short. Dasun Shanaka batted really well, we pushed him to five and he did a really good job. He hit a big six and the dressing room was happy because it was almost 170, that's the mark we wanted.

Saif Hassan | Player of the Match: The wicket was very good and I tried to time the ball and hold my shape. Litton was helping me and it was easy batting with him. He was supporting a lot, he was making my game easier, he was anticipating quite well and telling what the next ball would be. Very happy to contribute for the team. The preparation was good, we had a good plan against their bowlers. We had a plan against him (Thushara), for the right-handed batsmen, to hold our shape and play straight, that worked a lot.

Stats by Shashikant Singh:

Sri Lanka's 8-match winning streak in the T20 Asia Cup has been ended.

First win in four games for Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in the UAE. And this is their third win in the last four H2H T20Is.

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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