Bangladesh need 281 runs to win 3rd ODI

Sports Desk: Bangladesh need 281 runs to win third ODI against the host Sri Lanka with an aim to wrap the three-match series.

Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to bowl first against Sri Lanka on Saturday morning at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo.

Sri Lanka scored 280 runs with loss of nine wickets in 50 overs.

Sri Lanka 1 Upul Tharanga (capt), 2 Danushka Gunathilaka, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Asela Gunaratne, 6 Milinda Siriwardana, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Sachith Pathirana, 9 Dilruwan Perera, 10 Nuwan Kulasekara, 11 Suranga Lakmal

Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mosaddek Hossain, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Taskin Ahmed





Risingbd/April 1, 2017/Mukul