Sri Lanka makes it to the Super Four of Asia Cup 2022
The Sri Lankan Lions pulled off a last-over heist against the Bangla Tigers in the last match of group B of the Asia Cup.
Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh posted a total of 183 runs on the board in their 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. The Sri Lankans in spite of some hiccups in the chase managed to reach the target with 2 wickets in hand and 4 balls remaining in the match.
The question automatically arises, where did Sri Lanka manage to go ahead in the competition?
Winning the middle overs
Let us look at the phase wise progression of the two teams.
Phase wise progression of Bangldesh vs Sri Lanka
The table gives us the idea that Bangladesh set up a nice platform for themselves in the power plays. In fact the start for them was better than the Sri Lankans. But the Lanka batters played the middle overs with a more positive attitude in spite of losing an extra wicket.
 "Probuddha Bhattacharjee")
