Mushfiqur Rahim hit a gritty 125 to arrange Bangladesh’s maiden collection victory over Sri Lanka throughout all codecs with an emphatic 103-run win within the rain-hit second one-day worldwide on Tuesday. The wicketkeeper-batsman lifted Bangladesh from a precarious 74-Four to 246 all out after they elected to bat first on the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Sri Lanka managed simply 141-9 within the vacationers’ revised chase of 245 in 40 overs as Bangladesh took an unbeatable 2-Zero lead within the three-match collection.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets every whereas Shakib Al Hasan took two key scalps.
“Lucky to win two games. We haven’t played the perfect game yet,” mentioned Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal.
“We lost a lot of wickets in the middle, and 200 was looking difficult, but Mahmudullah and Mushy played very well.”
Mushfiqur remained the hero as he recorded his eighth ODI century and placed on a vital 87-run fifth-wicket stand with Mahmudullah Riyad, who made 41.
Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera struck twice in his first over to ship again Tamim for 13 and Shakib Al Hasan for nought.
Chameera wrapped up Bangladesh’s innings in 48.1 overs after sending again the in-form Mushfiqur, who accomplished his eighth ODI hundred following a second rain interval.
Mushfiqur, who scored a match-winning 84 within the earlier match, stood agency with Mahmudullah to take the assault to the opposition.
Mahmudullah saved up his type after hitting 54 within the opening ODI, however fell wanting his fifty when Lakshan Sandakan, who returned figures of 3-54, bought him caught behind.
Mushfiqur placed on one other defiant stand of 48 with Mohammad Saifuddin, who was run out on 11, for the eighth wicket.
Saifuddin, who bought a success on the helmet throughout his knock, was later changed by Taskin Ahmed as concussion sub — the primary for a sport held in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, who gained Sunday’s opener by 33 runs, had been at all times on prime as soon as debutant tempo bowler Shoriful Islam dismissed skipper Kusal Perera for 14 within the sixth over of innings.
Opener Danushka Gunathilaka made highest 24 runs whereas one-down Pathum Nissanka made 20 for Sri Lanka, who had by no means misplaced to Bangladesh in eight bilateral collection.
Sri Lanka had been 121-9 in 38 overs when rain halted the sport for greater than half an hour, forcing the match officers to offer them a revised D/L goal – lowering two runs and 10 overs.
Isuru Udana hit Shoriful for 2 sixes so as to add 20 runs within the final two overs to solely scale back Sri Lanka’s margin of defeat.
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“It’s very disappointing. Both matches, the middle-order collapsed and lack of experience cost us. We need to have a serious talk,” mentioned Sri Lanka captain Perera.
The third and ultimate match is on Friday on the similar venue.
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