Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto says after the win against Sri Lanka that they give 120% in the match and play according to plans.

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets on Saturday (8th June) at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas. Earlier, Bangladeshi pacers - Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman bowled superbly with lot of variations at the start of the innings and during the death overs as well. While Rishad Hossain provided crucial breakthroughs in the middle over as he picked up Charith Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga in consecutive deliveries to leave Sri Lanka stutter. In the end, Sri Lanka scored 124 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

“Everybody' body language was great, we gave our 120%. Last 10-15 days we have been making plans and all the fielders are doing their job,” Shanto said.

In reply, Sri Lanka also bowled well on a slow pitch. But Towhid Hridoy's blitzkrieg 40 off 20 deliveries and a gutsy knock of 36 from 38 balls from Litton Das helped Bangladesh chase down the total. Though Bangladesh lost wickets in regular intervals, Mahmudullah Riyad kept his nerve cool in the end and picked up the win for Bangladesh.

“I think they bowled really well, but on a wicket like this we should have won this easily. Very important for Litton, he's been struggling a bit but he showed his skill today. I think he batted really well. Hridoy was really courageous, the way he played that over really helped us,” Shanto added.