25/02Result
2nd Match (N), Men's T20 Asia Cup at Dhaka, Feb 25 2016
Sri Lanka won by 14 runs
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
25/02Result
2nd Match (N), Men's T20 Asia Cup at Dhaka, Feb 25 2016
Sri Lanka won by 14 runs
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaSri Lanka

Match Day

2615dAlagappan Muthu in Mirpur

'Minus Malinga, we could've won this game' - Aaqib Javed

They began to dream, they began to hope, they even forced Sri Lanka to plummet to their lowest ever total against an Associate nation in T20Is. With another 15 runs, UAE could have had their first ever win against a Test nation

2615dMohammad Isam in Mirpur

Malinga hints at retirement after World T20

Despite producing a four-wicket haul to beat UAE, Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga said that he might consider announcing his retirement from T20 international cricket

Quite slow

1

No. of bowlers (out of 11) who took more matches to complete 50 T20I wickets, than Kulasekara who got there in his 45th match today. N McCullum took 53 matches.

Good start, bad end

61

Runs added by Sri Lanka in the last 11 overs, losing 8 wickets. At the end of 9th over, they were 68 for 0.

Moderate batting

129

Sri Lanka's total in the first innings - lowest against an associate side. Their previous lowest was 144 for 9 against Ireland at Lord's in 2009 WT20.