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Sri Lanka bat first in 2nd ODI

Hambantota - Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and sent Sri Lanka to bat first in the second one-day international at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium on Monday.

Sri Lanka named an unchanged team from the first match, which it won by a comfortable eight wickets. Bangladesh made two changes.

Opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored an aggressive 112 in the first match, is out with an injury and has been replaced by Mominul Haque, who did well in the test series.

The tourists strengthened their batting by calling up Jahurul Islam at the expense of seamer Abul Hasan.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kushal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga.

Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Anamul Haque, Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain.





Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and sent Sri Lanka to bat first in the second one-day international at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium on Monday.

Sri Lanka named an unchanged team from the first match, which it won by a comfortable eight wickets. Bangladesh made two changes.

Opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored an aggressive 112 in the first match, is out with an injury and has been replaced by Mominul Haque, who did well in the Test series.

The tourists strengthened their batting by calling up Jahurul Islam at the expense of seamer Abul Hasan.

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