Mahedi, Tanzid, Litton and Mehidy star in breezy Bangladesh win

Bangladesh 264 for 3 (Tanzid 84, Mehidy 67*, Litton 61) beat Sri Lanka 263 (Nissanka 68, Dhananjaya 55, Mahedi 3-36) by seven wickets

Half-centuries from Bangladesh’s prime three of Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took their aspect to a snug win over Sri Lanka of their first warm-up fixture forward of the ODI World Cup, in Guwahati on Friday.
Bangladesh bowled Sri Lanka out for 263 and chased it down with eight overs to spare; aside from all the problems these details level to, Sri Lanka will even fear about their opener Kusal Perera, who walked off the sector within the tenth over of their innings with a pressure in his proper shoulder. He hit 34 off 24 earlier than retiring damage.

Apart from the outcome, Bangladesh would have been happy with Tanzid – who made his debut through the Asia Cup in August and has performed simply 5 ODIs to this point – as he eases into the worldwide scene. His breezy knock of 84 off 88 balls, which included ten fours and two sixes, blunted a Sri Lanka assault that struggled to exert any strain. His 131-run opening stand off 124 balls with Litton, who notched up 61, laid a high quality platform for the staff to chase down Sri Lanka’s 263. Mehidy, who was Bangladesh’s captain for the sport, adopted the openers’ efforts with an unbeaten 67. He had additionally bowled 10 tight overs, taking 1 for 32.

After they opted to bat, Sri Lanka started promisingly, with Pathum Nissanka including a mixed 104 with Perera and Kusal Mendis, earlier than they misplaced their first wicket within the fifteenth over. Nissanka top-scored with an aggressive 68 and Dhananjaya de Silva made 55 at No. 6 however many of the center order struggled to get going, with offspinner Mahedi Hasan choosing up 3 for 36 in his 9 overs. Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed and Mehidy additionally chipped in with a wicket every to bowl Sri Lanka out for within the last over.

Bangladesh will play their subsequent warm-up sport in opposition to England on Monday whereas Sri Lanka will meet Afghanistan on Tuesday. Both matches will probably be performed on the similar venue.

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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