{"id":269064,"date":"2019-06-11T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269064"},"modified":"2019-06-11T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:50:25","slug":"sri-lanka-face-bangladesh-in-a-must-win-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269064","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka face Bangladesh in a must-win match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62226922_2287542447979369_4277465768125267968_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-269067\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62226922_2287542447979369_4277465768125267968_n-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62226922_2287542447979369_4277465768125267968_n-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62226922_2287542447979369_4277465768125267968_n-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62226922_2287542447979369_4277465768125267968_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sports Reporter<br \/>\nBANGLADESH will start as favourites in a key clash against Sri Lanka and will be looking to get their 2019 Cricket World Cup campaign back on track when the teams meet at The County Ground in Bristol.<br \/>\nBangladesh made an almost perfect start to their World Cup campaign, posting their highest one-day international score of 330-6 with a 21-run win over South Africa.<br \/>\nHowever, the Tigers were not able to take forward the winning momentum and were handed a two-wicket loss by New Zealand followed by a massive 106-run defeat at the hands of host nation, England.<br \/>\nSri Lanka, on the other hand, will be optimistic of their chances after recovering from a crushing 10-wicket defeat in their opening match against New Zealand.<br \/>\nThe Dimuth Karunaratne-led side beat Afghanistan in a rain-shortened game to breathe life into their world cup campaign but the island nation were forced to split points with Pakistan after the match was abandoned as a result of persistent rain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265519\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CyberAds-728x90px.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter BANGLADESH will start as favourites in a key clash against Sri Lanka and will be looking to get their 2019 Cricket World Cup campaign back on track when the teams meet at The County Ground in Bristol. 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