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Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Scorecard, Match 1, Asia Cup 2018
Result · Sep 15 2018, Sat - 05:00 PM (IST)
BANGLADESH261
SRI LANKA124
Bangladesh won by 137 runs
CRR:3.51
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Asia Cup |
| Date: | Sep 15 2018, Sat - 05:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Dubai |
| Venue: | Dubai International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Bangladesh Playing XI: | Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehedi Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera (wk), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews (c), Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Amila Aponso, Dilruwan Perera |
- Sri Lanka have been involved in 42 previous One Day Internationals versus Bangladesh to date; the Lions winning on 36 of those occasions (L6).
- Bangladesh have lost 11 of the 12 completed Asia Cup matches played against Sri Lanka; they suffered defeats in each of the initial 10 encounters in the competition with their sole victory in such games coming in the 2012 edition.
- Sri Lanka are five-time winners of the Asia Cup; lifting the trophy in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 & 2014 whilst Bangladesh's best finish came as runners-up in 2012 and 2016.
- Each of the last three Asia Cup finals have seen at least one of these two sides make an appearance; Bangladesh in 2012 and 2016 with Sri Lanka getting there in 2014.
- Bangladesh have slumped to defeats in all five of their previous ODI fixtures to have taken place in the United Arab Emirates (including a meeting with Sri Lanka in Sharjah) whilst the Lions have alternated between a victory and a loss across their five ODI matches the Dubai International Cricket Stadium; they suffered defeat there last time out (v Pakistan, October 2017).
- Sri Lanka have claimed wins in five of their last eight ODI games (L3); they had tasted defeat in 16 of the 17 games immediately before this current run however (W1).
- The Tigers ended 2017 with four defeats on the bounce in ODI cricket but have an improved record so far in this calendar year, winning five times out of a possible eight (L3).
- Lasith Malinga (28) is only three dismissals away from becoming the all-time leading wicket-taker in the Asia Cup; he'll surpass Muralitharan (30) at the top of that list.
- Tamim Iqbal has averaged 74.1 across his 19 ODI knocks since the start of 2017 (only Virat Kohli & Fakhar Zaman have better rates in that time); the Bangladesh batsman comes into this game having posted two centuries and a half-century in his last three outings.
- Only two players (K Sangakkara & S Jayasuriya) have scored more runs in ODIs between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka than Upul Tharanga; he's averaged 65.6 over his last nine innings against Bangladesh.