Asia Cup 2025: Predicting Sri Lanka playing XI vs Bangladesh, Match 5

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will clash in match 5 of the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 tournament. The Group B match will be played on September 13, 2025, at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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Sri Lanka will be coming into the Asia Cup with a 2-1 T20I series win over Zimbabwe. They had also played Bangladesh at home in three T20Is, losing the series 1-2, and this will be motivation enough for Charith Asalanka and his men to extract revenge on Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi.

Here is the predicted Sri Lanka playing XI for Match 5 of the Asia Cup 2025:

Sri Lanka has a devastating top three in Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, and Kusal Perera. These are the top three all-time run-getters for Sri Lanka in T20Is, with Nissanka having 1950 runs in 68 games, Mendis having 2076 runs in 84 games, and Perera scoring 2130 runs in 82 games with one ton and 15 fifties.

Charith Asalanka, the captain, follows next, and he has 1282 runs in 64 games with a best of 80*. Kamindu Mendis follows next, who is known to bowl with both right and left hands. He has scored 443 runs in 27 games and has taken three wickets as well.

Former skipper Dasun Shanaka is expected to be the finisher for Sri Lanka. He has played 108 T20Is, scoring 1530 runs with a best of 74*, and has taken 34 wickets with his medium pace.

Spin twins Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana will follow next. Hasaranga has 131 wickets, the most in T20Is for Sri Lanka in 79 games, while Theekshana has 63 wickets in 65 games.

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Sri Lanka will mostly have Dushmantha Chameera and Matheesha Pathirana as their main pacers with Asalanka and Shanaka for company. Chameera, despite all his injuries, has 63 wickets in 58 games with a best of 4/17. On the other hand, Pathirana has 31 wickets in 20 T20Is with a best of 4/24.

Predicted Sri Lanka playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (C), Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando.

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