Mendis, Chandimal wickets set SL back

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka scored 226 runs with loss of four wickets in 39.3 overs.

Bangladesh got their first breakthrough in the third over when Mashrafe Mortaza dismissed Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka to leave the hosts at 18 for 1.

Earlier, Sri Lanka stand-in captain Upul Tharanga won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the second ODI of the 3-match series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium today.

Sri Lanka: 1 Danushka Gunathilaka, 2 Upul Tharanga (capt.), 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Asela Gunaratne, 6 Milinda Siriwardana, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Dilruwan Perara, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Nuwan Kulasekara, 11 Nuwan Pradeep.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mehedi Hasan, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

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