Since it was a holiday, the Rangiri gallery was full to the brim. Some people entered the stadium through the tunnel without getting tickets. The aim was to see Sri Lanka win the second T20 match. The spectators, who had kept the stadium in a festive mood all the time, had to return with a sad face. Most of the spectators left without seeing the end of the match. Because when Sri Lanka lost 8 wickets for 83 runs in the face of the fierce bowling of the Bangladesh team, everyone knew who was going to win. Bangladesh started the series by losing in Pallekele, Kandy and flew the victory flag in Dambulla. In this series-saving match, they defeated Sri Lanka by 83 runs, which is Bangladesh's largest win against a team in Test cricket. Bangladesh is going to Colombo today with the series tied 1-1. The series will be decided on July 16 at the Premadasa Stadium.

The foundation for victory in Dambulla was laid in batting. Bangladesh scored 177 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, relying on the impact innings of Liton Kumar Das and Shamim Hossain Patwary. The hero of defeating Sri Lanka is captain Liton. He has returned to the dressing room after playing well. Scooping the ball over the boundary with fine leg with a scoop shot, finding deep midwicket with a slug sweep, hitting 4 with extra cover, no one would think that he was off form even a match ago. If anyone had seen his batting for the first time yesterday, they would not have believed it. Liton got a half-century after 13 innings. The one whose hands play shots like a pair of pictures, the one whose bat is an artist; he does not like being without rhythm! That is the tragedy of Liton. He is not consistent in any version of cricket. A little too inconsistent in limited-overs cricket. After watching his brilliant innings of 76 runs against Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Stadium, cricket fans might think, why doesn't Liton play like this regularly? Bangladesh won't have to suffer from inconsistency if they get such a well-organized innings from a batter like him.

The start of the series-deciding second match against Sri Lanka was not the same as the end. Parvez Hossein Emon was bowled by Tushara on an inswinging delivery for 5 runs. Tanjid Hasan Tamim was caught and dismissed for 7 runs for the team. Liton Das and Towhid Hridoy made a fresh start from there. The partnership from the third over meant a fresh start in the opening. The pair set up a 69-ball partnership of 55 balls. Hridoy scored 31 runs off 21 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. The most effective partnership in the innings was that of Liton and Shamim Hossain Patwary. They added 77 runs off 39 balls. In this partnership, Liton scored 37 runs off 18 balls and Patwary scored 37 runs off 21 balls. Liton scored a half-century off 39 balls. He reached his 12th T20 half-century by hitting Thiksena for 6. If Shamim had not been run out, he would have also got his second half-century. Batting aggressively from the start, Shamim scored 48 runs off 27 balls at a strike rate of 177.77. Liton always says that a strike rate of 120 or 125 is ineffective in T20 matches. He is in favor of playing at a strike rate of 150. The 30-year-old batsman played at a strike rate of 152 in yesterday's tie-breaking match. Bangladesh managed to score 177 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs mainly due to two impact innings.

Shariful Islamra bowled well from the start against Sri Lanka, who were chasing 177 runs. Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain shone with their power. They took wickets one after the other and dismissed the hosts for 94 runs. Except for Sri Lanka's Pathum Nishanka and Dashun Shanaka, no one could reach double figures. The win was possible due to flawless fielding along with the bowling. Not a single catch was taken, the ball could not go through the fielders to the boundary. Which made it easy for the victory to blossom after six matches.