He is playing his first tournament since suffering serious injuries in a car accident in December 2022 that kept him out of last year's IPL as well as the 50-overs World Cup in India
Sri Lanka sweep T20 series thrashing Bangladesh by 75 runs in last match
After winning the Test series, Sri Lanka have swept the T20 International series beating Bangladesh by 75 runs in the last match.
Published : 18 Feb 2018, 03:49 PM
Updated : 18 Feb 2018, 04:24 PM
The visitors' victory in Sunday’s match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, their biggest ever T20 win against the hosts, capped off a highly successful tour.
Bangladesh won the toss and sent the Lankans in, who scored 210 for 4.
The Tigers were all out in the 19th over making only 135 all out.
Summary score
Sri Lanka: 210/4 (Gunathilaka 42, Mendis 70, Perera 31, Tharanga 25, Shanaka 31*, Chandimal 2*; Jayed 1/45, Nazmul 0/28, Mahedi 0/25, Mustafizur 1/39, Saifuddin 1/46, Soumya 1/25)
Bangladesh: 135 in 18.4 overs (Tamim 29, Soumya 0, Mushfiqur 6, Mithun 5, Mahmudullah 41, Ariful 2, Saifuddin 20, Mahed 11, Mustafizur 8, Jayed 2, Nazmul 1*; Madushanka 2/23, Dananjaya 1/20, Shanaka 1/5, Thisara 0/33, Aponso 1/31, Udana 1/12, Gunathilaka 2/3)
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