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Bangladesh play Sri Lanka in semis today

Thursday, 25 November 2010


Bangladesh will play Sri Lanka in the 2nd semifinal of the 16th Asian Games Men's Twenty20 Cricket today (Thursday) at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou, China, reports UNB.
Pakistan will meet Afghanistan in the first semifinal Thursday morning.
Skipper Mohammad Ashraful's all-round performance guided Bangladesh to the semis beating Malaysia by 70 runs Tuesday while Sri Lanka (73 for 8 in 19.4 overs) booked a semifinal berth defeating Nepal (72 for all in 18.5 overs) by two wickets in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
Earlier, Pakistan reached the semis beating hosts China by 128 runs while Afghanistan (66 for 2 in 17.4 overs) smartly booked a seat for the semifinal eliminating Hong Kong (63 for all in 13.2 overs) by eight wickets Wednesday.