The
Sri Lanka cricket team
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...
toured Bangladesh in May 2021 to play three
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
(ODI) matches. All of the matches took place at the
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS; bn, শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground in Mirpur, a few kilo ...
. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural
2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in December 2020. The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Bangladesh on 16 May 2021, following their two-match
Test series in Sri Lanka.
Ahead of the tour,
Kusal Perera
Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera ( si, කුසල් පෙරේරා) (born 17 August 1990), more commonly known as Kusal Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former limited overs Captain of Sri Lanka national cricket team. ...
was appointed as Sri Lanka's new ODI captain, replacing
Dimuth Karunaratne
Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...
.
Bangladesh won the first ODI by 33 runs. They also won the rain-affected second ODI by 103 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series. It was Bangladesh's first bilateral series win against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the third match by 97 runs with Bangladesh winning the series 2–1.
Squads
On 1 May 2021, Bangladesh named a preliminary squad of 23 players to begin training ahead of the series.
Rubel Hossain
Mohammad Rubel Hossain ( bn, মোহাম্মদ রুবেল হোসেন; born 01 Jan 1990) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in January 2009 aged 19. He has the highest bowling average of ...
and
Hasan Mahmud
Shakib Al Mahmmad Tamim( bn, হাসান মাহমুদ; born 12 October 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in March 2020.
Domestic career
He made his first-class debut fo ...
, who were both named in the preliminary squad, were later ruled out of the ODI matches due to injuries.
Mohammad Naim
Mohammad Naim Sheikh (born 22 August 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2019.
Domestic career
Naim made his List A debut for Legends of Rupganj in the 2017–18 Dhaka Pr ...
,
Taijul Islam
Taijul Islam (Bengali: তাইজুল ইসলাম; born 7 February 1992) is a Bangladeshi left-arm orthodox spinner who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in September 2014.
Tai ...
,
Shohidul Islam
Shohidul Islam (born 5 January 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for Dhaka Metropolis. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in November 2021. In July 2022, he was suspended from playing in any form of crick ...
and
Aminul Islam were all named as standby players for Bangladesh, with Mohammad Naim being named in their squad for the third ODI.
Warm-up matches
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ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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