Naim, Mushfique lead Bangladesh to 171 against Sri Lanka

Opener Mohammad Naim and Mushfiqur Rahim scored brilliant half centuries as Bangladesh posted a challenging total of 171 for four in their opening Super 12 match against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.

Bangladesh got a good start as the opening pair scored 40 in 5.5 overs. Liton departed after scoring a run a ball 16. Shakib followed him soon after scoring 10 from 7 balls.

Experienced Mushfiqur joined Naim in the third wicket. Both the batsmen were fluent at the crease and added 73 runs. Naim fell prey to Binura Fernando scoring 62 runs from 52 balls. The southpaw hit six fours during his second fifty of the tournament.

Mushfique and Afif got 21 in the fourth wicket partnership.

The experienced campaigner Mushfique came out of a bad patch and took his 6th T20 half century off just 32 balls. Mushfique remained unbeaten on 57 off just 37 balls hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes.

Mahmudullah and Mushfique added 21 runs from 10 balls in the fifth wicket as the captain remained unbeaten on 10 off 5.

Chamika Karunaratne, Binura Fernando and Lahiru Kumara took one wicket each for Sri Lanka.