Bangladesh 324 for 5 (Tamim 127, Shakib 72, Sabbir 54, Lakmal 2-45) v Sri Lanka
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Tamim Iqbal nearly batted through the innings in constructing his eighth ODI century © AFP
Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan flayed Sri Lanka during the course of their 144-run stand that helped Bangladesh post 324, the fourth-highest total by a visiting team against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The enormity of Sri Lanka’s task doesn’t need much explanation: no visiting team has chased 300 plus to win an ODI here.
Tamim reached his eighth hundred while Shakib made a late charge to score a 71-ball 72 to help Bangladesh recover from a spot of bother in the 23rd over. They batted sensibly for most parts and only cut loose after Tamim got the three-figure landmark out of the way. Mosaddek Hossain and Mahmudullah then wrapped up the innings with a 35-run stand off just 2.1 overs, with Bangladesh scoring 109 off the last 10 overs. Along the way, they comfortably surpassed their previous highest of 265 for 9 against Sri Lanka at Mohali in 2006.
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Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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