Sri Lanka will take on their Asian rivals Bangladesh in their second match of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. This will be Bangladesh's first game of the tournament while the Islanders suffered a heavy defeat in their first game against South Africa after being bowled out for 77.
The schedule of Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh has been confirmed as the two teams will face each other in three T20Is, two Test matches and three ODIs. The tour will conclude only on April 3 and at least the first week of IPL 2024 is likely to clash with this series.
Sri Lanka defended a middling score of 257 runs against Bangladesh with an exceptional bowling effort led by skipper Dasun Shanaka to notch up their first win in Asia Cup 2023 Super Fours.
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Asitha Fernando claimed six wickets and registered his first 10-wicket haul as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second Test to win the series 1-0.
Riding on the back of Chandimal and Dickwella's resistance, Sri Lanka managed to draw the series-opening test on Thursday.
Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in their Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
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Praveen Jayawickrama took a match haul of 11 wickets on debut to help Sri Lanka clinch the series.
There was little threat from Bangladesh seamers when the Sri Lankans started their reply but the two spinners — Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan — were rewarded for some tight bowling on Friday.
Sri Lanka will start a two-match series against Bangladesh on Wednesday, aiming for its first Test win since January 2020.
Bangladesh is considering rescheduling the three-Test series in Sri Lanka in October, following the postponement of the T20 World Cup.
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Sri Lanka chased down the moderate target of 239 quite easily in 45th over with opener Avishka Fernando's 82 and Angelo Mathews' unbeaten 52.
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Lasith Malinga finished with figures of 3/38 from 9.4 overs as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 runs at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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Amila Aponso, Lakshan Sandakan and Lahiru Madusanka are the other three players who failed to find a spot in the final 17-member squad for the ODI series.
Lasith Malinga has so far taken 335 wickets from 225 ODIs for Sri Lanka and is their 3rd highest wicket-taker in the format.
Shakib was handed a 25 per cent fine and one demerit point and also pleaded guilty to the charge of "conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game”.
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