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Sri Lanka Team
MD Gunathilaka, WU Tharanga*, BKG Mendis, LD Chandimal†, DAS Gunaratne, TAM Siriwardana, SS Pathirana, NLTC Perera, RAS Lakmal, PADLR Sandakan, CBRLS Kumara

Bangladesh Team
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

BAN 283/4 (47.3 Ovs) CRR: 5.96

47.5
Lahiru Kumara to Tamim, out Caught by Gunathilaka!!

Tamim c Gunathilaka b Lahiru Kumara 127(142) [4s-15 6s-1]

BAN 324/5 (50.0 Ovs) CRR: 6.48

0.3
Mortaza to Gunathilaka, out Lbw!! Gunathilaka has been given OUT lbw on-field. He has a chat with his partner and decides to review. Fair delivery. Only thing that can save Gunathilaka is if the ball has pitched outside leg. No bat involved. Waiting for HawkEye: Pitching - in-line. Impact - in-line. Wickets - umpire's call. So the on-field call stays. Sri Lanka lose a review, most importantly lose a wicket in the first over. What a start for Bangladesh.

Gunathilaka lbw b Mortaza 0(3)

SL 0/1 (0.3 Ovs)

I keep saying once Sri Lanka are not bringing pacers of the speed of Malinga or the skill of Vaas...Bang will parade against their bowling.

5.6
Mehedi Hasan to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by (sub)Shuvagata!! Trap set, trap sprung. Stunned silence in the crowd. Sri Lanka lose their second wicket and have their tummies tickled early in the innings. Credit to Mehedi for keeping it tight. Mendis ran out of patience as he stepped out to play a big shot. It was bowled slower, so the batsman had to generate some power to clear the fence. Mendis didn't find the sweet spot of his willow and skied it straight to deep mid-wicket, where Shuvagata settles under it with ease. Maiden ODI wicket for Mehedi.

Kusal Mendis c (sub)Shuvagata b Mehedi Hasan 4(17)

BAN 324/5 (50.0 Ovs)
SL 30/2 (10.0 Ovs) CRR: 2.95 REQ: 7.41

10.6
Taskin Ahmed to Tharanga, out Caught by Mortaza!! Number three down. Taskin Ahmed strikes in his first over. The skipper walks back to the hut after a fidgety stay at the crease. Again it was a banged in short, Tharanga went for the pull, was defeated by the extra pace there. Drags it off the splice of the bat and offers a dolly to Mortaza at mid-on. Bangladeshis are over the moon.

Tharanga c Mortaza b Taskin Ahmed 19(29) [4s-3

SL 40/3 (13.2 Ovs) CRR: 3 REQ: 7.77

BAN 324/5 (50.0 Ovs)
SL 66/3 (19.0 Ovs) CRR: 3.47 REQ: 8.35

BAN 324/5 (50.0 Ovs)
SL 143/5 (32.0 Ovs) CRR: 4.47 REQ: 10.11

SL 232/8 (43.4 Ovs) CRR: 5.31 REQ: 14.68

BAN 324/5 (50.0 Ovs)

SL 234-all out (45.1 Ovs)

Bangladesh won by 90 runs