Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets

Bangladesh suffered a heavy defeat in the opening T20I of the three-match series as Sri Lanka claimed a dominant 7-wicket victory, taking a 1-0 lead.

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field first against Bangladesh in the first T20I of the three match series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday.

Bangladesh managed 154 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs against Sri Lanka, despite a brisk start powered by opener Parvez Hossain. 

The innings lost momentum midway, as no other batter could significantly capitalize on the platform.

Bangladesh XI

1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Parvez Hossain Emon, 3 Litton Das (capt & wk), 4 Naim Sheikh 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Tanzim Hasan, 9 Rishad Hossain, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mohammad Saifuddin.

Sri Lanka XI 

Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Kusal Perera, 4 Avishka Fernando, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt), 6 Dasun Shanaka, 7 Chamika Karunaratne, 8 Jeffrey Vandersay, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Nuwan Thushara, 11 Binura Fernando