‘Don’t see any bowlers in Sri Lanka’ – Khaled Mahmud Responds To Dasun Shanaka’s Controversial Statement As Mahela Jayawardena Reacts Also

On 1 September 2022, Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2022. Both teams lost their first match against Afghanistan. Hence, the winner of this match will advance to the super four of the tournament. However, ahead of the match, Sri Lanka skipper, Dasun Shanaka came up with a controversial statement.

He said that apart from Shakib and Mustafizur, Sri Lanka does not have any world-class bowlers. In response to that, Bangladesh’s team director reacted as it did not go well with him at all. The video went viral and fans shared that on their social media platforms.

Here is the shared video:

https://twitter.com/MahelaJay/status/1565094849090658306

Mahela Jayawardena also tweeted in response to Khaled Mahmud’s answer to Dasun Shanaka

Speaking of the incident, it all started with the Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka. After the loss against Afghanistan, Shanaka said: “Afghanistan has a world-class bowling attack. We know Fizz (Mustafizur Rahman) is a good bowler. Shakib is a world-class bowler. But apart from them, there is no world-class bowler on the side. So if we compare with Afghanistan, Bangladesh is an easier opponent.”

In reply to that, in the pre-match press conference, Mahmud said: “It’s up to Dasun, why he said that or why he thinks we are (easier opponent). Maybe Afghanistan has a better T20 squad, that’s why he said that. He said a lot of other things as well, he said we have only 2 (world-class) bowlers or something. I don’t see any in Sri Lanka, at least Bangladesh has two. That’s very good. We have at least Mustafizur and Shakib, I don’t think they have world-class bowlers like them. It’s about how you play the game that matters. Let’s see what happens tomorrow.”

Now, former Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardena also came up with a tweet against that viral clip. He said: Looks like it’s time for @OfficialSLC bowlers to show the class and batters to show who they are on the field..#AsiaCup2022.”