Bangladesh need to score 236 runs to win the series

Sports Desk: In the series decider match, Sri Lanka was held down by the Bangladesh bowlers. Bangladesh kept control of the match by taking wickets at regular intervals. At one time it seemed that the Lankans would not be able to score 200. Bangladesh will get an easy target. However, Sri Lanka stopped at 235 runs with the pair of Janith Lienage and Mahesh Thikshana. Lienage brought up his first international century.

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first at Chittagong's Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday (March 18). Kushal Mendis's team fell into a batting disaster at the beginning of batting. Lost 7 wickets for 154 runs. However, Lienage-Thickshana made a pair of 68 runs in the eighth wicket. Which is the biggest partnership in a Sri Lankan innings. Part-time bowler Soumya Sarkar broke this pair. When Mustafiz left the field injured, Soumya came to play the ball. Soumya brought the breakthrough with the first ball of that over. Thikshana was caught while playing a big shot off his ball. On the other hand, young Lienage took the century right after holding the match. In the end, the Lankans were all out for 235 runs. Lienage remained unbeaten on 101 runs. Lahiru Kumara returned after being run out in the last ball of the innings. Earlier, Taskin started the batting disaster for the Lankans.

This pacer returned two openers Nishanka and Aviska in two consecutive overs. In this, the team lost two batters by 15 runs. Mostafizur Rahman, who did not get a chance in the previous two matches, was hit in Sri Lanka's innings. Sadira Samaravikrama returned to Sajfar with a catch in the hands of Mushfiq. Having lost three wickets for 41 runs, the Lankans tried to stand up with the bat of captain Mendis and Asalanka.

However, Rishad Hossain repaid the confidence of Captain Shantor's bowling change. Coming to the bowling, he returned the captain Mendis who scored 29 runs on the first ball. He also returned with a catch in the hands of Mushfiq. Bangladesh picked up 4 wickets for 74 runs. Asalanka then paired with Janith Lianag. Pacer Mustafiz also broke this pair of 43 runs. His second victim was Asalanka. He played an innings of 37 runs before returning. After losing the fifth wicket for 117 runs, Sri Lanka lost the next wicket for 136 runs. Seventh wicket lost for 154 runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj returned the last two wickets to Vellalag and Hasaranga. Taskin took three wickets for Bangladesh. Mostafiz and Miraz took two hunts each. And Rishad and Soumya took one each.