Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to clinch tri-nation series title

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 79 runs to clinch title of the tri-nation series (involving Zimbabwe).

After opting to bat, Sri Lanka managed to score 221 runs, thanks to Upul Tharanga’s 56 and contributions from Niroshan Dickwella and Dinesh Chandimal.

In reply, the hosts lost wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 142.

Shehan Madushanka took a hat-trick on his debut while Dushmantha Chameera and Akila Dananjaya took two wickets each.

Bangladesh started their innings without Shakib Al Hasan, who was escorted off the pitch after injuring a finger while landing badly during a dive and was replaced by Nasir Hossain as a fielder.

The Tigers fell in trouble with a 22 for 3 when Chameera took out Tamim Iqbal and Sabbir Rahman while Mohammad Mithun was run out.

Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim showed some resilience before Mushfiqur was out leaving the team’s score at 80 for four.

Madushanka sealed the win by taking the wickets of Mahmudullah, skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Rubel in back-to-back balls.

Tharanga was declared the Player of the Match while Thisara Perera the Player of the Series.

risingbd/Dhaka/January 27, 2018/A K Azad