Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim – two of Bangladesh’s best players – have found Sri Lanka difficult to handle
Shiva Jayaraman25-Feb-20156 Number of teams Bangladesh have never beaten in the World Cup; Sri Lanka are one of the sides along with Australia, New Zealand and West Indies. Canada and Kenya – who haven’t made it to this World Cup – have also defeated Bangladesh in World Cup matches.0 Number of times Bangladesh have beaten Sri Lanka in 16 games in which they have batted first. All four of Bangladesh’s wins to date have come while chasing a target. Bangladesh have a win-loss record of 4-16 while batting second against Sri Lanka and an overall record of 4-32.8 ODI centuries hit against Bangladesh by the trio of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan. None of the other batsmen in the Sri Lankan side have scored a century against Bangladesh. The three batsmen have contributed 78.7% of the runs scored by the current Sri Lanka team against Bangladesh. They have scored a total of 2346 runs at a combined average of 39.76 with eight hundreds and ten fifties, while the rest of the Sri Lanka team has 635 runs at 25.40 with four fifties.75.50 Dilshan’s batting average against Bangladesh in his last eight innings against them; he has scored 453 runs at a strike rate of 97.00, including three hundreds and one fifty.10 Number of fifty-plus scores Kumar Sangakkara has against Bangladesh. Sangakkara is the third-highest run-scorer against Bangladesh, with 1101 runs at an average of 44.04.
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50sKumar Sangakkara 27 1101 44.04 85.28 4 6Tillakaratne Dilshan 20 698 43.62 89.71 3 2Mahela Jayawardene 21 547 30.38 83.51 1 2Angelo Mathews 7 203 67.66 85.29 0 2Lahiru Thirimanne 4 124 41.33 69.27 0 0150 Runs scored by Angelo Mathews in his last three innings against Bangladesh without being dismissed. His last three scores are 74*, 20* and 56*. Mathews averages 67.66 in seven innings against Bangladesh and has been dismissed only three times.25.65 Sri Lanka’s bowling average against Bangladesh in ODIs since 2014. Against the rest of the teams they have played in this period, they have averaged 37.28. Their economy of 4.50 against Bangladesh is also almost a run better compared to the rest. Lasith Malinga leads the wicket-takers’ list for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh – he has taken 17 wickets at an average of 20.64.
Bowler Mat Wkts Ave eco SR 5wi 4wiLasith Malinga 12 17 20.64 3.92 31.52 0 0Nuwan Kulasekara 13 14 31.21 5.14 36.42 0 0Tillakaratne Dilshan 23 13 15.76 3.41 27.69 0 0Sachitra Senanayake 8 10 25.90 4.31 36.00 0 0Thisara Perera 8 9 29.33 4.80 36.66 0 0Angelo Mathews 9 7 24.71 5.19 28.57 0 0Suranga Lakmal 4 7 23.28 4.50 31.00 0 03.81 Shakib Al Hasan’s economy in ODIs since 2014. Among bowlers to have bowled in at least ten innings during this period, he is the only bowler with an economy of under four runs an over. He has taken 23 wickets at an average of 17.21, the best among bowlers on that list. However, he has played 11 of his 12 ODIs since 2014 in Bangladesh where he averages 22.95, much better than his overseas bowling average of 35.47. For Bangladesh, Mashrafe Mortaza is the top wicket-taker against Sri Lanka with 15 wickets at 43.53 apiece.
Bowler Mat Wkts Ave eco SR 5wi 4wi Mashrafe Mortaza 14 15 43.53 5.23 49.93 0 0 Rubel Hossain 10 13 35.53 6.46 33.00 0 1 Shakib Al Hasan 14 10 48.80 4.47 65.40 0 0 Mahmudullah 16 9 44.55 5.14 52.00 0 0 Arafat Sunny 4 4 40.75 5.25 46.50 0 0 Shafiul Islam 3 3 41.66 6.57 38.00 0 048.8 Shakib’s bowling average against Sri Lanka in ODIs, his worst against any team. He has taken only 10 wickets against them in 109 overs at a strike rate of 65.40. In comparison, against other teams he has taken 174 wickets at an average of 26.64 and has struck every 37.6 balls. Shakib has been less effective against Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Tillakaratne: he has collectively taken only four wickets against them in 245 deliveries and has conceded 182 runs. Against the rest of the Sri Lanka batsmen, he has taken three wickets at 22.00.
Batsmen runs dis balls ave eco SR v Sangakkara, Jayawardene & Dilshan 182 4 245 45.50 4.45 61.25v other Sri Lanka batsmen 66 3 110 22.00 3.60 36.6611 Number of single-digit scores Mushfiqur Rahim has in 18 ODI innings against Sri Lanka. He has scored 317 runs against them at an average of 17.61 and at a strike rate of 69.21, with only one fifty. In the current side, Tamim Iqbal is the only batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka – in Hambantota in 2013 – and is the leading run-scorer against them with 420 runs at an average of 32.30. Tamim is ten runs short of becoming the second batsman from Bangladesh to score 4000 runs in ODIs. Shakib beat him to the landmark in the last game against Afghanistan.
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50sTamim Iqbal 13 420 32.30 75.00 1 3Shakib Al Hasan 14 360 30.00 76.59 0 3Mushfiqur Rahim 18 317 17.61 69.21 0 1Mahmudullah 14 255 21.25 70.05 0 0Nasir Hossain 7 240 60.00 82.19 0 1
