DHAKA: Bangladesh have scored 155-run against Sri Lanka in the first T20 international at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday (April 4).

Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman scored 34, 31, 29 and 16 runs respectively.

Of the Lankan bowlers, Malinga picked up two wickets while Vikum Sanjaya, Asela gunaratne and Seekkuge Prasanna took one wicket each.

Earlier, Tiger captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to bat first in the match.

This series against Sri Lanka will be Mashrafe’s last series as he has announced his retirement from T20Is.

Bangladesh’s all-rounder Saifuddin is making his T20 debut.

Sri Lanka Team

MDKJ Perera†, EMDY Munaweera, WU Tharanga*, CK Kapugedera, DAS Gunaratne, TAM Siriwardana, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, JRMVB Sanjaya

Bangladesh Team

Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed
** Tigers batting first in 1st T20

BDST: 2203 HRS, APR 04, 2017

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