Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to clinch series title

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 75 runs in the second and final T20 International to clinch the series title at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Sri Lanka amassed a massive total of 210 for 4 in allotted 20 overs, after they were forced to bat first by Bangladesh.

In chase, Bangladesh were all out for 135 with remaining 8 balls left.

Brief score

Sri Lanka: 210 for 4 in 20 overs, Mendis 70, Gunathilaka 42, Shanaka Perera 31, Tharanga 25, Soumya 1/25, Mustafizur 1/39, Jayed 1/45 and Saifuddin 1/46.

Bangladesh: 135 for 10 in 18.4 overs, Tamim Iqbal 29, Soumya Sarkar 0, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) 6, Mohammad Mithun 5, Mahmudullah (c) 41, Ariful Haque 2, Mohammad Saifuddin 20, Mahedi Hasan 11, Mustafizur Rahman 8, Abu Jayed 2 and Nazmul Islam (unbeaten) 1, Shehan Madushanka 2/25, Akila Dananjaya /120, Dasun Shanaka 1/5, Amila Aponso 1/31, Jeevan Mendis 1/8, Isuru Udana 1/12 and Danushka Gunathilaka 2/3.

risingbd/Dhaka/February 18, 2018/A K Azad