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 January and February 2018 to play two

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and two

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(T20I) matches. Prior to the tour, both teams played in a

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, along with

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. In December 2017,

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান; born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all- ...

was named as the new captain of Bangladesh's Test squad, replacing

Mushfiqur Rahim Mushfiqur Rahim ( bn, মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain and vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper ...

. However, ahead of the Test series, Shakib suffered a hand injury during the final of the 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, with

Mahmudullah Mohammad Mahmudullah ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মাহমুদুল্লাহ; born 4 February 1986), also known as Riyad, is a Bangladeshi cricketer and former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in T20I. He has played ...

named as captain of Bangladesh for the first Test. It was Mahmudullah's first Test as captain and he became the tenth player to lead Bangladesh in Tests. Mahmudullah also captained Bangladesh for the second Test, as Shakib was still recovering from his injury. Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0, after the first match was drawn. Shakib Al Hasan was also ruled out of the T20I series, with Mahmudullah once again named as captain in his place. Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2–0.

Squads

Sunzamul Islam Sunzamul Islam ( bn, সানজামুল ইসলাম; born 17 January 1990), also known as Sanjamul Islam, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was born in Rajshahi. Domestic career In Round 2 of the 2016–17 Bangladesh Cricket League, play ...

and

Tanbir Hayder Tanbir Hayder Khan (born 5 December 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first senior appearances in 2010, playing in two first-class matches for Sylhet Division. He later made his List A debut for the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, pl ...

were added to Bangladesh's squad for the first Test following the news of

's injury.

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was also added to Bangladesh's Test squad as cover for Shakib Al Hasan. Sri Lanka's

Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...

missed the first Test due to injury and was later ruled out of the rest of the tour.

Sabbir Rahman Mohammad Sabbir Rahman ( bn, মোহাম্মদ সাব্বির রহমান; born 22 November 1988) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is from Rajshahi and besides the national team, he plays for Rajshahi Division and the BPL. He is a ...

was added to Bangladesh's squad ahead of the second Test, with

and

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 ...

both being dropped. Ahead of the T20I series, Shakib Al Hasan's finger injury had not yet healed and he said he would be unlikely to play in the matches, despite being named as the captain of Bangladesh's T20I squad. Shakib was ruled out of the first T20I due to his injury and

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was added to Bangladesh's squad as his replacement.

Mohammad Mithun Mohammad Mithun ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মিঠুন; born March 3, 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first class in 2006/07 season for Sylhet Division. He plays for Sylhet Sunrisers in the Bangladesh Premier League. He ma ...

was added to Bangladesh's squad as cover for

Tamim Iqbal Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the nephew of former Bangladesh skipper Akram Khan, the current chief selector of ...

and

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 ruled out of Sri Lanka's T20I squad due to injury and was replaced by

Kusal Mendis Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis, generally known as Kusal Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays as a top-order batter in all forms of the game. He only played sixteen first-class matches before playing for the national side. ...

Asela Gunaratne Downdegedara Asela Sampath Gunaratne, commonly known as Asela Gunaratne (born 8 January 1986) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all forms of the game. Gunaratne is an aggressive right-handed batsman who occasionally bowls part ...

was also ruled out of Sri Lanka's T20I squad due to injury.

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

Notes

References

External links

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