Sri Lanka win toss, bat against Bangladesh

DHAKA: Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat in the second one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.

Sri Lanka won the first match by 13 runs on Monday to take the lead in the three-match series.

The tourists brought in spinner Ajantha Mendis in place of the injured Nuwan Kulasekara, while Bangladesh dropped Al-Amin Hossain to play experienced seamer Mashrafe Mortaza.

Sri Lanka won both the preceding Test and Twenty20 series.


Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain.

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashan Priyanjan, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Thisara Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Sachitra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga. (AFP)