Sri Lanka 311 (Mendis 102, Tharanga 65, Gunaratne 39, Taskin 4-47) v Bangladesh
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Kusal Mendis overcame a scratchy start to bring up his maiden ODI ton © AFP
Kusal Mendis‘ maiden ODI hundred took Sri Lanka to a formidable 311, but Taskin Ahmed’s hat-trick in the last over capped off a fine last 10 overs for Bangladesh.
Taskin first had Asela Gunaratne caught at mid-off off the third ball of the final over. Suranga Lakmal was the next to go when he holed out to midwicket. Nuwan Pradeep, having the unenviable task of keeping out the hat-trick, was bowled off an inswinging yorker. Taskin, who became the fifth Bangladeshi to reach this milestone – Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain and Taijul Islam all have ODI hat-tricks – was off in his typical spread-eagle celebration.
Bangladesh will make history if they were to win, for that would not only give them their first bilateral ODI series win over Sri Lanka but also take them to No. 6 in the ICC ODI rankings.
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Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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