Lanka seal series with last-ball win

Bangladesh lost the second cliff-hanger in three days to Sri Lanka who chased down 121 to seal the Twenty20 international 2-0 Friday, reports bdnews24.com.
Thisara Perara (35 off 28 balls) and Sachithra Senanayake (12) batted with guts to take their team over the line in the last ball at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium at Chittagong.
Sri Lanka seemed destined to seal the chase with ease after their bowlers and fielders wrested control of the decider thanks to profligate batting by the Tigers.
But Mashrafe Mortaza led the fightback to run through the Lankans' top order. He turned the game on its head with a decisive double strike.
Kumar Sangakkara (37) held firm to put his side back on track, sharing a 46-run stand with Perera after a flurry of wickets pegged them back.
Requiring nine runs in the last six balls, Perara and Senanayake batted sensibly before the latter rolled his wrists to hit a boundary.
The ball getting slippery by the dew kept Mashrafe from bowling his spinners at the death - a factor that worked against the hosts.
When Sangakkara cut straight Rubel Hossain straight to Tamim Iqbal at short third man, Sri Lanka still needed 25 to win off 20 balls and three wickets in hand.
Mashrafe picked two wickets in an over and consistent pressure pegged the visitors back.
Shakib Al Hasan drew first blood in his first over, trapping opener Kusal Perera (21) leg-before. Then Arafat Sunny went through the gates of Tillakaratne Dilshan (3) to raise hopes of a fightback.
Earlier, superb fielding from Sri Lanka and insipid batting saw Bangladesh wiped out before their quota of 20 overs. Bangladesh's batsmen resorted to ugly hacks, heaves and swipes before crashed to 120 all-out.
Debutant Sabbir Rahman (26) gave the innings some respectability, before he was removed by Lasith Malinga.
Malinga's return of 3-20 saw him become the highest wicket-taker in this format with 236 wickets, surpassing Alfonso Thomas of South Africa.
In the final over, the fast bowler deceived Arafat Sunny with a slower to give Dinesh Chandimal his fourth catch of the innings, equalling the record for most catches in an innings with Darren Sammy, Peter Borren and Corey Anderson.
Malinga clattered into Mashrafe Mortaza's (17) middle stump with a perfect yorker. Before that, Farhad Reza (9) gave away his wicket chipping Nuwan Kulasekera to Dinesh Chandimal at short cover.
Nasir Hossain (8) sent one flying straight to extra cover for a simple catch to skipper Chandimal off Ajantha Mendis to leave his team reduced to 47 for five.
Sri Lanka 123 for 7 (Sangakkara 37, Mortaza 2-29) beat Bangladesh 120 (Rahman 26, Malinga 3-20) by three wickets.