Bangladesh will face hosts Sri Lanka in a must-win match of the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today (Friday), reports UNB
The game will begin at 7:30 pm (Bangladesh time) where both sides will try their best to confirm a single seat for the final after India.
Bangladesh lost their first game by six wickets against India before crushed Sri Lanka by five wickets with a record chase of 215 runs and again lost to India by 17 runs in the 5th games of the tournament.
Sri Lanka routed India by five wickets in the tournament opener before lost to Bangladesh and conceded a six-wicket defeat to India in the 4th T20.
The Tigers are in the bottom of the table collecting two points from three games with one win while Sri Lankans are ahead of Bangladesh by virtue of better run rate.
India confirmed a final seat as league leader collecting six points from four outings, having three wins against one loss.
Sri Lankans have Dhananjaya de Silva as an extra to bring change as batting option while Amila Aponso and Isuru Udana are options for bowling spots.
Bangladesh best XI (probable): Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Abu Hider.
Sri Lanka best XI (probable): Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera (captain), Dasun Shanaka, Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera and Nuwan Pradeep.
