Lankans bat in push for series win
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat to push for a series win against Bangladesh in the second one day international (ODI) cricket match at Mirpur in Dhaka. The tourists’ captain added an extra spinner in the Lankan Lions’ XI, by picking Ajantha Mendis to replace the injured Nuwan Kulasekara. The seamer was ruled out of the series with a groin injury he picked up in the first ODI held at the same Sher-e-Bangla national stadium, which Sri Lanka won by 13 runs. Hosts Bangladesh also made one change by bringing in Mashrafe Mortaza in place of Al-Amin Hossain.
TEAMS
Sri Lanka: 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Ashan Priyanjan, 6 Kithuruwan Vithanage, 7 Angelo Mathews (capt), 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Sachithra Senanayake, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Ajantha Mendis
Bangladesh: 1 Anamul Haque (wk), 2 Shamsur Rahman, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Sohag Gazi, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza, 10 Arafat Sunny, 11 Rubel Hossain, according to cricinfo.