Chasing 280 for victory, Bangladesh rode on a 169-run stand between Najmul Hasan Shanto (90) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan (82) to reach their target with three wickets and 53 balls to spare. The result sealed Sri Lanka’s exit from the semi-final race, but Mathews’s dismissal overshadowed the result. 

When Bangladesh batted, Mathews took on Shakib with the ball and got the left-hander to play a loose shot into the air only for Charith Asalanka, who hit 108 in Sri Lanka’s 279 all out, to drop the catch. Shakib and Shanto took on the bowlers in a 169-run third-wicket partnership before Mathews broke through with his medium-pace and sent back Shakib. He pointed to his wrist as a send-off. 

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Mathews also dismissed Shanto to trigger a collapse as Bangladesh lost three more wickets before they reached their target. Earlier the left-handed Asalanka hit his second ODI ton to rebuild the Sri Lanka innings after they had slipped to 135-5 following the exit of Mathews.

Brief scores
SL 279 all out in 49.3 overs (C Asalanka 108, P Nissanka 41, S Samarawickrama 41, D Silva 34; T Sakib 3-80, S Islam 2-52, S Hasan 2-57) lost to Bangladesh 282-7 in 41.1 overs (N Shanto 90, S Hasan 82; D Madushanka 3-69, A Mathews 2-35, M Theekshana 2-44) by three wickets

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