Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets in their first Asia Cup match in Pallekele today. The hosts were trying to win by getting 165 points. They were able to reach this goal in 39 overs. Sadeera Samarawickrama, who is 54 years old, and Charith Asalanka, who is 62 years old, both scored more than 50 runs for Sri Lanka. Bangladesh had difficulty scoring runs against the bowlers from Sri Lanka. They only managed to score a small amount of 164 runs, with Najmul Hossain Shanto making 89 runs from 122 balls. Mathesha Pathirana was the best bowler for Sri Lanka. Bangladesh scored 164 runs and lost all their wickets in 42. 4 Shanto scored 89 runs. Pathirana took 4 wickets for 32 runs. Sri Lanka scored 165 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 39 overs. Asalanka scored 62 runs and Samarawickrama scored 54 runs. Shakib took 2 wickets for 29 runs. Please rewrite this text using simpler words:
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