Bangladesh clinched their maiden ODI series victory over Sri Lanka after beating the tourists by 103 runs by the D/L method in the second match of the ongoing 3-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
Mushfiqur Rahim made a gritty 125 to lift hosts to 246 after losing a few early wickets in the rain-hit match. Mahmdullah Riyad was the second-highest scorer with 41 before they were bowled out in 48.1 overs.
Sri Lanka scored 141 for 9 in their stipulated 40 overs in D/L method as rain halted play several times.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan and the debutant Shoriful Islam took three, three, two and one wickets respectively.
The first time that Bangladesh has beaten Sri Lanka in a bilateral series across formats. Since the 2015 World Cup, Bangladesh has won 10 out of 11 bilateral ODI series they played at home and only lost to England in 2016. Those 10 series victories include their maiden series win in any format against Pakistan, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
