The 31-year-old Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Pacer Nuwan Thushara gave his team an exceptional start in their opening match of Asia Cup 2025 on Saturday 13 September.
Sri Lanka National Cricket Team is currently taking the National Cricket team of Bangladesh in the 5th game of the Asia Cup 2025 in the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Asia Cup 2025: Tanzid Hasan falls for a duck of 6 balls
Sri Lanka won the Worp and invited Bangladesh to hit the game first. Nuwan Thushara got the new ball through his captain Charith Asalanka, and the Pacer made life difficult for the opening fittings Tanzid Hasan.
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Nuwan Thushara looked dangerous in the first of the game, and Tanzid Hasan found it very difficult to play his shots against the Sri Lankan Pacer.
Tanzid Hasan tried everything he could, but failed to run on the first five balls, and then on the sixth and last ball of the over, he saw his stumps rattles.
Nuwan Thushara threw a complete insertion and Tanzid Hasan went for an ugly wipe. The Batladesh-Batsman missed the ball completely and his stumps were completely crushed for a duck with six balls.
It became more difficult for the Bangla Tigers in the next when Dushmantha Chameera sent a sensational girl bow and Parvez Hossain Emon’s packaging sent. After 2 overs, Bangladesh was for 2 in 0.
With their sensational start with the ball, Nuwan Thushara and Dushmantha Chameera became only the fifth and sixth bowlers in the T20i Asia Cup history to bow Wicket Maidens in PowerPlay Overs.
Wicket Maidens in Overs 1-6 in Asia Cup (T20Is):
Mohammad Amir (Pak) vs Vae, Mirpur, 2016
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (IND) US VAE, MIRPUR, 2016
Shahnawaz Dahani (Pak) vs HK, Sharjah, 2022
Ateeq Iqbal (HK) vs Afghan, Abu Dhabi, 2025
Nuwar (SL) vs Ban, Abu Dhabi, 2025 *
D Chameera (SL) vs Ban, Abu Dhabi, 2025*
Asia Cup 2025: Look: Nuwan Thushara Castles Tanzid Hasan
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It is actually a rivalry for the fans – Charith Asalanka
During the press conference before the match, Sri Lanka-Captain Charith Asalanka tried the rivalry against Bangladesh. He said:
“It is actually a rivalry for fans, but for us as players it is a good, challenging competition. We just want to give a good game to Bangladesh and also to other nations
“A bit, yes. But at the same time it is just a game for us. We concentrate on following our basic principles and correctly implementing our plans,” he noticed.
Charith Asalanka also emphasized how Bangladesh defeated them in the recent home series and emphasized following the base and sticking to their plans.
“I think we all know that they are doing really well right now. We have lost the series against them in Sri Lanka, but although we lost, we have played a good cricket. We just want to follow our base, keep our plans and perform well,” he said.
“Compared to other locations in the VAE, Abu Dhabi is the best pitch for batters, especially when the ball gets older. The outfield is also very nice, and I hope every Batsman likes to play here,” he added.
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