COLOMBO — Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs in the second Twenty20 International to finish the two-match series 1-1 in Colombo Thursday.
Mustafizur Rahman claimed 4-21 while Shakib Al Hasan bagged 3-24 as Bangladesh dismissed Sri Lanka for 131 runs in 18 overs after scoring 176-9 at R. Premadasa Stadium.
Chamara Kapugedara struck highest 50 runs for Sri Lanka, facing 35 balls.
Bangladesh's win spoiled a brilliant hat trick by the home side's veteran fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who finished with 3-34 runs.
Shakib made highest 38 runs for Bangladesh while openers Imrul Kayes and Soumya Sarkar chipped in with 36 and 34 runs respectively.
Sri Lanka won the first match by six wickets Tuesday.
Scoreboard
Bangladesh
I. Kayes run out 36
S. Sarkar c & b Gunaratne 34
S. Rahman b Sanjaya 19
Shakib b Kulasekara 38
M. Hossain b Perera 17
Mahmudullah not out 04
M. Rahim b Malinga 15
M. Mortaza b Malinga 00
M. Hasan lbw b Malinga 00
M. Saifuddin run out 06
Extras (lb2, w5) 07
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 176
Falls: 1-71 (Soumya) 2-78 (Imrul), 3-124 (Sabbir), 4-139 (Shakib), 5-152 (Mosaddek), 6-169 (Mushfiqur), 7-169 (Mashrafe), 8-169 (Mehedi), 9-176.
Did not bat: Mustafizur Rahman.
Bowling: Malinga 4-0-34-3 (w1), Kulasekara 4-0-30-0, Munaweera 2-0-22-0 (w3), Sanjaya 3-0-32-1 (w1), Gunaratne 2-0-15-1, Prasanna 2-0-17-0, T. Perera 3-0-24-1.
Sri Lanka
K. Perera b Shakib 04
D. Munaweera c Mahmudullah b Shakib 04
U. Tharanga c Mehedi b Mahmudullah 23
C. Kapugedara c Mehedi b Mustafizur 50
A. Gunaratne c Mosaddek b Mustafizur 00
M. Siriwardana c Soumya b Mustafizur 00
T. Perera c Mushfiqur b Shakib 27
S. Prasanna b Mashrafe 11
N. Kulasekara not out 02
L. Malinga b Mustafizur 00
V. Sanjaya c Mahmudullah b Saifuddin 06
Extras (lb 2, w2) 04
Total ( all out; 18 overs) 131
Falls: 1-4 (K. Perera), 2-19 (Munaweera), 3-40 (Tharanga), 4-40 (Gunaratne), 5-40 (Siriwardana), 6-98 (T. Perera), 7-119 (Prasanna), 8-123 (Kapugedara), 9-124 (Malinga), 10-131 (Sanjaya).
Bowling: Shakib 4-0-24-3 (w1), Mashrafe 4-0-30-1, Mehedi 2-0-15-0, Mahmudullah 2-0-15-1, Mustafizur 3-0-21-4 (w1), Saifuddin 3-0-24-1.
