Following their winning start in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup with a win over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka went past South Africa to become the team with the second-best streak in the history of ODI cricket. Maheesh Theekshana’s spin magic and skipper Dasun Shanaka’s breathtaking spell allowed Sri Lanka to comfortably claim the second-longest ODI win streak in their Asia Cup Super-Four triumph against Bangladesh, beating them by 21 runs. Now, Sri Lanka has 13 straight ODI wins, dating back to June 2023 till now. Previously, the second-best streak was in the hands of South Africa, who had won 12 matches between February to October 2005. The best winning streak in ODI cricket history is 21 wins by Australia, between January 2003 to May 2003. Coming to the match, Bangladesh opted to bowl first. After the early fall of Dimuth Karunaratne at the score of 34, 74-run stand between Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis took Sri Lanka to the 100-run mark. Nissanka scored 40 in 60 balls, with five fours.
Sadeera Samarawickrama and Mendis had a brief partnership before Mendis was dismissed for 50 off 73 balls, with six fours and a six. SL was 164/5 and then Saadera went on to have a 60-run stand with skipper Dasun Shanaka (24), which took them past 200 runs. Sadeera scored 93 in 72 balls with eight fours and two sixes. SL reached 257/9 in their 50 overs. Hasan Mahmud (3/57) and Taskin Ahmed (3/62) were the pick of the bowlers for SL.