Sri Lanka 175 for 4 after 33 overs

Sports Desk: Taskin Ahmed gave Bangladesh their second wicket when he clean bowled Upul Tharanga for 35 to leave Sri Lanka at 87 for 2 after 13.4 overs during the third ODI of the series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo today.

Bangladesh got their first breakthrough when Mehedi Hasan Miraz dismissed Danishka Gunathilaka for 34 with Sri Lanka going strong at 76 for 1 after 10.5 overs.

Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to bowl first against Sri Lanka on Saturday morning.

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