Bangladesh registered a 4-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third ODI to clinch the three-match series, 2-1 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.
Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss for the third consecutive time and opted to bat first on a batting friendly surface at Chattogram.
Sri Lanka made only one change to their playing XI as the off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana returned to the side replacing the injured Dilshan Madushanka.
Sri Lanka got off to a poor start as Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed removed both opening batters Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando inside first 4 overs.
Sadeera Samarawickrama continued his poor run of form as he fell for just 14 runs after nicking one behind of the bowling off Mustafizur Rahman. The skipper Kusal Mendis got a decent start but couldn’t capitalize on it as the introduction of wrist spinner Rishad Hossain saw him nicking one behind.
The vice-captain Charith Asalanka played a chancy knock and a loose shot outside the off stump led to his downfall. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals but Janith Liyanage stood tall from one end keeping the scorecard ticking.
Maheesh Theekshana gave him good support and the duo added vital 60-run stand for the 8th wicket to guide Sri Lanka to a respectable score – 235. Liyanage scored a well-compiled century – his maiden ton in ODIs.
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The speedster Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh as he grabbed 3 wickets for 42 runs. Rahman and Mehidy Hasan picked up 2 wickets each.
Tanzid Hasan who came in as the concussion substitute for Soumya Sarkar after suffering a neck injury while fielding, opened the batting for the hosts and laid the foundation for his side building a 56-run stand with Anamul Haque.
Lahiru Kumara struck twice in two consecutive overs to peg things back for Sri Lanka. Hasan continued to score boundaries regularly and No. 4 batter Towhid Hridoy did the rebuilding work taking his time before Kumara once again strike to remove the latter for 22 runs.
Kumara nicked off the experienced batter Mahmudullah with a beauty to put the hosts onto backfoot at 113/4. Hasan who batted beautifully to keep Bangladesh on course in the run-chase was holed out in the long off of the bowling off Wanindu Hasaranga and missed out a well-deserved century.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s experience came to the fore as he built a vital 48-run partnership with Mehidy Hasan to take the game away from the visitors. Hasaranga struck again to dismiss the set batter Mehidy for 25 runs but Rishad Hossain came out all guns blazing to dominate the proceedings.
He took Hasaranga to the cleaners and smashed 24 runs off an over of him to nail down the game for hosts. Rahim eventually hit the winning runs and led his side to a convincing win.
Kumara was Sri Lanka’s pick of the bowlers as he grabbed 4 wickets for 48 runs. Hasaranga also snared 2 wickets for 64 runs.
The two-match Test series between the sides will commence on the 22nd March at Sylhet. Spectators can catch all the action of Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh LIVE on ThePapare TV (Dialog TV Ch No. 63), Dialog ViU app and ThePapare.com.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | lbw b Taskin Ahmed | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Avishka Fernando | c Mushfiqur Rahim b Taskin Ahmed | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rishad Hossain | 29 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 56.86 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 93.33 |
| Charith Asalanka | c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman | 37 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 80.43 |
| Janith Liyanage | not out | 101 | 102 | 11 | 2 | 99.02 |
| Dunith Wellalage | c Soumya Sarkar b Mehidy Hasan Miraz | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 |
| Wanidu Hasaranga | b Mehidy Hasan Miraz | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 137.50 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | c Tanzid Hasan b Soumya Sarkar | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Pramod Madushan | c Anamul Haque b Taskin Ahmed | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Lahiru Kumara | run out (Towhid Hridoy) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 18 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 17, pen 0) |
| Total | 235/10 (50 Overs, RR: 4.7) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoriful Islam | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 5.50 | |
| Taskin Ahmed | 10 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 4.20 | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 4.33 | |
| Soumya Sarkar | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | |
| Rishad Hossain | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 5.67 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anamul Haque | c Avishka Fernando b Lahiru Kumara | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Tanzid Hasan | c Charith Asalanka b Wanidu Hasaranga | 84 | 81 | 9 | 3 | 103.70 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto | c Kusal Mendis b Lahiru Kumara | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Towhid Hridoy | c Pramod Madushan b Lahiru Kumara | 22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 61.11 |
| Mahmudullah | c Kusal Mendis b Lahiru Kumara | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | not out | 37 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 102.78 |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz | c Pramod Madushan b Wanidu Hasaranga | 25 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Rishad Hossain | not out | 48 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 266.67 |
| Extras | 7 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 7, pen 0) |
| Total | 237/6 (40.2 Overs, RR: 5.88) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maheesh Theekshana | 9.2 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 3.80 | |
| Pramod Madushan | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 7.43 | |
| Lahiru Kumara | 8 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 6.00 | |
| Wanidu Hasaranga | 9 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 7.11 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Charith Asalanka | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
