Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets in the opening match of the two-match T20I series at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.

Bangladesh posted 155 for six at the end of their stipulated 20 overs.

Mahmudullah scored 31 runs facing 26 balls.

Besides, Mosaddek Hossain hit an unbeaten 34, but the Tigers failed to build on a good start provided by opener Soumya Sarkar, who hit a blistering 29 off 20, and Sabbir Rahman.

In reply, Sri Lanka scored 158 runs losing only four wickets at 18.5 overs.

MDKJ Perera took 77 runs playing 53 balls while, WU Tharanga scored 24 runs.

Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and opted to bat first.

Bangladesh Team
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain,Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed.

Sri Lanka Team
MDKJ Perera, EMDY Munaweera, WU Tharanga, CK Kapugedera, DAS Gunaratne, TAM Siriwardana, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, JRMVB Sanjaya.


risingbd/Dhaka/Apr 4, 2017/Nasim