Mashrafe strikes early
Online Desk
28 Mar 2017 04:55 AM । Update: 28 Mar 2017 06:44 AM
Sri Lanka have won the toss and are batting first in the second of the three match ODI Series against Bangladesh in Dambulla today.
The hosts have managed to score 37 runs after losing 1 wicket in 8 overs till updating this story.
The hosts rejigged their bowling attack by including Dilruwan Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara and Nuwan Pradeep in place of Lahiru Kumara, Lakshan Sandakan and Sachith Pathirana. Bangladesh went in with the same XI that won the first ODI by 90 runs.
Tharanga said the change in tactic, from bowling first to batting, was somewhat influenced by how the pitch behaved in the first game, where Bangladesh, after being sent in to bat, posted 324.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Sri Lanka: 1 Danushka Gunathilaka, 2 Upul Tharanga (capt.), 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Asela Gunaratne, 6 Milinda Siriwardana, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Dilruwan Perara, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Nuwan Kulasekara, 11 Nuwan Pradeep
With ESPNcricinfo inputs
