Tigers' big achievement in Sri Lanka: Key numbers

Bangladesh and Litton Das turned things around in remarkable fashion, ending their full tour of Sri Lanka with a piece of history yesterday by beating the hosts by eight wickets in the third and final T20I at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.

Having lost both the ODI and Test series earlier on the tour, Bangladesh were under pressure going into the final phase of the tour. Meanwhile, Litton was fighting a battle of his own, having been inconsistent in the white-ball format for a while.

From that, the wicketkeeper-batter notched his first fifty in T20Is in 14 matches in the second match that the Tigers won by 83 runs to level the series after a thumping seven-wicket defeat in the series opener.

"I have no words to express at the moment how our team played, the boys showed character. It's a big achievement for Bangladesh; earlier, we didn't win here, but this win will boost Bangladesh," Litton, who was adjudged Player of the Series, rightly summed up what it meant for him and Bangladesh at the post-match presentation.

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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Highlights

• This was Bangladesh's maiden T20I series victory over Sri Lanka. This was also the first time that the Tigers beat the Lankans in a series in Sri Lanka in any format.
• Bangladesh won by eight wickets with 21 balls to spare -- the biggest win for the Tigers against the Lankans in terms of balls remaining in the format. The previous best was a win with 11 balls remaining in Sylhet last year.
• By winning the T20I series 2-1 against Sri Lanka, Litton Das became the first Bangladeshi skipper to win two T20I series abroad. He also led Bangladesh to a 3-0 series victory against the West Indies in the Caribbean last year.
• Since Litton got full-time T20I captaincy, he has lost all nine tosses.
• Off-spinner Mahedi Hasan became only the fifth Bangladeshi bowler to take 50 wickets in T20Is after Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, and Shoriful Islam. His career-best bowling figure of 4-11 yesterday is the best-ever by a Bangladeshi bowler against Sri Lanka in this format.
• Tanzid Tamim's career-best score of unbeaten 73 off 47 balls is the highest score by a Bangladeshi opener against Sri Lanka in this format. The previous highest score was Mohammad Naim's 52-ball 62, which he made in Sharjah during the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.