Do or die match for Bangladesh

Bangladesh will take on host Sri Lanka in their second must-win ODI of Dhaka Bank three-match ODI series schedule to be held tomorrow (Monday) at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, reports BSS.
The day night match starts at 3 pm (BST).
The second ODI match has become a do or die match for Bangladesh as the hosts already took 1-0 lead beating touring Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first ODI at the same venue. Bangladesh must have to win the second ODI to save the series.

The tigers have more bad news prior to the second ODI as they will miss the service of their key batsman opener Tamim Iqbal who has been ruled out from the rest of the series as he sustained right thumb injury during the first ODI on Saturday last.
Uncapped batsman Shamsur Rahman will join the side to play remaining matches of the ODI series in replace of Tamim.
Pacer Shahadat Hossain will also be replaced to Nazmul Hossain, who ruled out due to his knee injury.
Bangladesh played thirty-one ODIs against Sri Lanka and won only three occasions since 1986.
The third day/night ODI between the two sides will be held on March 28 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Meanwhile Uncapped batsman Shamsur Rahman will join the remaining matches of the ODI series against Sri Lanka in replace of opener Tamim Iqbal who has been ruled out of the series after fracturing his right thumb during the first ODI in Hambantota on Saturday.
Shamsur Rahman will join the Bangladesh team in Sri Lanka tomorrow, said a press release.
Tamim will return to Dhaka tomorrow to undergo further investigation to determine the best management plan for the injury.
Meanwhile, pace bowler Shahadat Hossain arrives today to replace Nazmul Hossain who picked up a knee injury in training.
Shahadat is expected to be available for tomorrow’s second ODI of the three-match series
Earlier. Bangladesh’s first ODI of the year should be remembered for several events, including a Tamim Iqbal century, but the assault on their bowlers by the Sri Lanka openers overshadowed all that. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kushal Janith Perera, playing only his fifth ODI, took less than an hour to decimate an already feeble pace attack and demoralise the spinners, Bangladesh’s strength. Sri Lanka eased to an eight-wicket victory, giving them a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Bangladesh’s score of 258 for 9 was supposed to test Sri Lanka, especially in Hambantota where the previous highest successful chase was 211. The added advantage for Bangladesh was the 85-minute delay in-between innings due to a power failure in two light towers, which gave Sri Lanka a revised target of 238 in 41 overs.
Sri Lanka’s task had been made more difficult, but Dilshan and Perera responded ruthlessly. They added 106 in just 12.1 overs, hammering 13 boundaries and a six. Seven of those fours came off the first 14 deliveries that Abul Hasan and Rubel Hossain served up. It was one of those games the late Tony Greig would have loved to call; one of those carving the bowling, Kushal, was almost a copy of Sanath Jayasuriya.
Save the superstitious touches of the pad, helmet and bat, the stance and the shots of Kushal were reminiscent of Jayasuriya’s style of play. The first square cut threw you back to the mid 1990s, when Jayasuriya gained the reputation for being a destroyer of bowling attacks.


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