The

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toured

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from March 2017 to April 2017. The tour consisted of a series of two

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, three

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s (ODIs) and two

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s (T20Is). The second Test match of the tour was the 100th Test played by Bangladesh. The tour also featured a two-day warm-up match ahead of the Test fixtures and a one-day warm-up match ahead of the ODIs. The Test series was played for the

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Cup in honour of the father of the Bangladesh nation,

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. Before the series, Sri Lanka's captain

Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews (; ; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews plays all formats for Sri Lanka. Mathews was a member of the team that won the 2014 I ...

was ruled out of the Test matches with a hamstring injury.

Rangana Herath Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (; ; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the ...

was named as captain in his place. Mathews failed to recover in time for the ODI and T20I series, with

Upul Tharanga Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985), commonly known as Upul Tharanga () is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer. A former limited-overs captain, Tharanga played all formats of the game. He was a left-handed opening batsman ...

named captain of the team for both formats. The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Bangladesh winning the second match by 4 wickets. It was their first win against Sri Lanka in a Test match. The victory was their ninth win in Tests and their fourth overseas. The ODI series was drawn 1–1, with the second of the third match ending in a no result, due to rain. The T20I series also finished 1–1. After the conclusion of the ODI series, Bangladesh's captain,

Mashrafe Mortaza Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (born 5 October 1983), popularly known as the ''Narail Express'', is a Bangladeshi politician and cricketer who captained in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team and a former Jatiya Sangsad ...

, was suspended for one match for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third game. Therefore, he did not play in Bangladesh's first fixture of the

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in May 2017. During the coin toss of the first T20I, Mashrafe announced his retirement from T20Is following the conclusion of the series.

Squads

Bangladesh's captain

Mushfiqur Rahim Mushfiqur Rahim (; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order Batting (cricket), batter and wicket-keeper in the national team. Mushfiqur started ...

was asked to play as a batsman only, with

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 ...

becoming the wicket-keeper for the Test series. However, Das suffered a fractured rib during training ahead of the second Test, with Mushfiqur Rahim returning as the wicket-keeper for the final Test.

Kusal Perera Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera () (born 17 August 1990), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays limited overs cricket and a former ODI cricket captain. He was a key member of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team. He score ...

was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the first two ODI matches, but he was expected to be fit for the third and final match.

Mehedi Hasan Mehidy Hasan Miraz (; born 25 October 1997) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national team. A bowling-all-rounder, he is a right-handed batter and a right-arm off break bowler. Early and personal life Mir ...

was added to Bangladesh's ODI squad before the start of the limited-overs series.

Niroshan Dickwella Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella, known as Niroshan Dickwella (born 23 June 1993), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all formats of the game for Sri Lanka. A left-hand batsman, he also plays as a wicket-keeper of ...

suffered a fracture to his hand in the first ODI and was ruled out of the rest of the series.

Dilruwan Perera Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera (; born 22 July 1982) is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer, who played for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game. He plays domestically for the Colts Cricket Club. Perera is a right-arm offbreak bo ...

Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. He was educated at Bandaranayake College Gampaha He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014 ...

and Nuwan Pradeep were all added to Sri Lanka's ODI squad.

was included in Sri Lanka's T20I squad, subject to fitness, with

Sandun Weerakkody Dharshanapriya Sandun Weerakkody (born 3 September 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka. Weerakkody is a past pupil of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. A left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, h ...

added as cover, if needed.

Tour matches

Two-day match: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v Bangladesh

One-day match: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v Bangladesh

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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