5 reason for losing today

Najmul Hossain Shanto’s century and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 73 guided Bangladesh to a six-wicket win against Sri Lanka on Wednesday in the 1st ODI as the home side take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Earlier, Kusal Mendis and Janith Liyanage steadied Sri Lanka’s ship in the middle as their fifties helped the visitors post 255 against Bangladesh in the 1st ODI. Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib all took 3 wickets each as the Lankan Lions were bundled out in 48.5 overs.

Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando had started Sri Lanka off on the right foot when they shared a 71-run partnership scoring 36 and 33 respectively. Mendis and Liyanage would then take it from there with a 66-run partnership before Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals.

So, that's it from us for this game. Sri Lanka were perhaps 30-40 short on what was a good batting wicket. With the dew coming in early in the second half. the toss will play a crucial role in this series. 

Quite a convincing victory for Bangladesh! Perhaps, the decision to win the toss and bat first wasn’t a wise one and it certainly backfired on Sri Lanka. The Bangladeshi pacers made good use of the assistance that was available on the surface and shared 9 wickets amongst them. Bangladesh's fielding was top notch as well. 255 was below-par on a decent batting surface but Madushanka had other ideas. He got rid of Litton Das with a beauty as he started off with a wicket-maiden. He then got rid of Soumya Sarkar in his next over with a short ball. Soon after, Madushan knocked Hridoy over with an in-angler. Bangladesh were stuttering at 23/3 but Shanto and Mahmudullah steadied the ship for them. The duo stitched 69 for the fourth wicket. The latter fell to the short ball ploy courtesy, Kumara and that provided another opening for the visitors. But, the experience of Mushfiqur came into play and he provided able support to his skipper.The dew massively helped Bangladesh’s cause as the opposition bowlers found it difficult to control the wet ball. Both of them played some elegant shots and took the game away from Sri Lanka. Shanto scored a brilliant century while Rahim went past his fifty. The experienced duo put together an unbeaten 165-run partnership and took their side home with consummate ease.