Tigers win SL to snap a 16-year drought.
Tigers win SL to snap a 16-year drought.
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| During the June 7, 2024, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 group D match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Bangladesh's Towhid Hridoy scores a six. Image: AFP |
In their inaugural encounter in the competition's history, Bangladesh beat the West Indies by six wickets in Johannesburg on September 13, 2007.
They had since played 37 more games, all of which were against affiliate teams and lesser rated opponents, until their eight-game victory against Sri Lanka.
After defeating the Caribbeans 16 years, 8 months, and 27 days earlier on Saturday, Bangladesh triumphed against a higher-ranked team—that too, the defending champions—in the major tournament.
The Tigers' victory against their Asian rivals in the T20 World Cup was historic, even though Sri Lanka is just slightly higher in the standings than them, with Bangladesh in ninth place and the Lankans directly above them at eighth.
The Najmul Hossain Shanto-led team's prospects of being among the top two teams in Group D and qualifying for the Super 8s have increased with their victory in the first game of the ninth edition.
On June 10, the Tigers will travel to New York to play the undefeated South African team.
The Najmul Hossain Shanto-led team's prospects of being among the top two teams in Group D and qualifying for the Super 8s have increased with their victory in the first game of the ninth edition.