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Bangladesh opener Mohammad Naim’s batting woes continued on Saturday against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup Super Four when he failed to veer away from a Dasun Shanaka short delivery in the 14th over of the innings while the Tigers were in pursuit of 257 at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
This dismissal left the Tigers at two down for 60 runs after the completion of the 14th over.
Naim, who struggled for his 46-ball 21, was finally put out of his misery when Shanaka bowled a short delivery moving away from the batter’s shoulders. Naim, at first, looked to pull but then got caught up in two mind as he failed to offer a shot nor steer his bat away from the line of the ball. Eventually, his hands appeared to have frozen as the ball took a top edge off the splice of his blade and nestled inot the gloves of the wicketkeeper.Â
