The 2018 Nidahas Trophy was a

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tournament that was held in Sri Lanka in March 2018. It was a tri-nation series between

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. Each team played each other twice, with two teams progressing to the final. The tournament was played to celebrate Sri Lanka's 70th year of independence; the title derives from the Sinhalese නිදහස් ''nidahas'', meaning "freedom."

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confirmed that the matches would be played as

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fixtures. The fixtures and venue were announced in November 2017, with all the matches played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in

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. This was the first occasion that Discovery Networks Asia Pacific channel DSport acquired media rights to broadcast live cricket matches involving the Indian cricket team. India progressed to the final after they beat Bangladesh by 17 runs in the fifth T20I match. Bangladesh joined India in the final, after they beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in the final group game. In the final, India beat Bangladesh by four wickets to win the tournament.

Squads

Initially,

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (; born 24 March 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test cricket, Test, One Day International, ODI and Twenty20 International, T20I cricket for the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladeshi cr ...

was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad before the start of the tournament due to injury. He was replaced by

Litton Das Litton Kumer Das (, also spelled Liton Das in some sources; born October 13, 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the current captain of Bangladesh T20I team. He is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. He made his international debut fo ...

with

Mahmudullah Mohammad Mahmudullah (; born 4 February 1986), also known as Riyad, is a former international Bangladeshi cricketer and former captain for the side in T20I and test matches. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented the national team in a ...

named as captain. However, Shakib rejoined the Bangladesh squad ahead of the sixth T20I match. Sri Lanka's captain

Dinesh Chandimal Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal (; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy right-handed middle order batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper, Chandimal ...

was given a two-match ban for a slow over-rate following the match against Bangladesh on 10 March 2018.

Thisara Perera Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera (; born 3 April 1989), popularly known as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-over ...

was named as Sri Lanka's captain in Chandimal's absence.

Points table

Group stage

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

4th match

5th match

6th match

Final

Controversy

During the sixth T20I match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,

accused the umpires for not signalling a

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delivery when

Isuru Udana Kande Arachchige Isuru Udana Tillakaratna (; born 17 February 1988) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who represented Sri Lanka internationally in limited over formats. He currently plays domestic cricket for Tamil Union and Wayamba. Primarily ...

bowled two bouncer deliveries to

Mustafizur Rahman Mustafizur Rahman (Bengali: মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান; born 6 September 1995) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he is recognized for his most prolific 'slower cutters' all over t ...

in the last over of the match, when Bangladesh needed 12 runs off six balls to win.

, who was on the non-striker's end when Mustafizur Rahman was batting, demanded that a no-ball be signalled by the on-field umpires. Shakib later threatened to leave the field and recalled the batsmen from the field as a result of the umpiring errors. Reserve Bangladeshi cricketer

Nurul Hasan Saiyid Nurul Hasan Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, FRHistS,Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, FRAS (26 December 1921 – 12 July 1993) was an Indian historian and an elder statesman in the Government of India. A member of the Ra ...

was also suspected to have breached the code of conduct for arguing with Sri Lankan captain

. It was also revealed that Shakib exchanged insults with Sri Lankan commentator

Russell Arnold Russel Premakumaran Arnold (; born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent, who played all forms of the game. He played as the finisher role in the Sri Lankan team batting down the order at intern ...

. The

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(ICC) later imposed a 25 percent fine on match fees and issued a demerit point to both Shakib and Nurul Hasan for breaching the code of ethics. After the sixth T20I between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh concluded, the door to the Bangladeshi dressing room was shattered. It was later revealed that Shakib Al Hasan accidentally broke the glass door by pulling it backwards rather than pulling from the forward position.

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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