The Bangladesh national cricket team toured Sri Lanka from March 2017 to April 2017. The tour consisted of two Test matches, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 internationals (T20Is). The second Test match of the tour was the 100th Test played by Bangladesh. The tour also featured a two-day warm-up match ahead of the Test fixtures and a one-day warm-up match ahead of the ODIs. The Test series was titled the Joy Bangla Cup in honour of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh.
Before the series, Sri Lanka's captain Angelo Mathews was ruled out of the Test matches with a hamstring injury. Rangana Herath was named as captain in his place. Mathews failed to recover in time for the ODI and T20I series, with Upul Tharanga named captain of the team for both formats.
The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Bangladesh winning the second match by 4 wickets. It was their first win against Sri Lanka in a Test match. The victory was their ninth win in Tests and their fourth overseas. The ODI series was drawn 1–1, with the second of the third match ending in a no result, due to rain. The T20I series also finished 1–1.
After the conclusion of the ODI series, Bangladesh's captain, Mashrafe Mortaza, was suspended for one match for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third game. Therefore, he did not play in Bangladesh's first fixture of the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series in May 2017. During the coin toss of the first T20I, Mashrafe announced his retirement from T20Is following the conclusion of the series.
Squads TestsODIsT20Is Rangana Herath (c) Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Asela Gunaratne Dimuth Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Malinda Pushpakumara Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Upul Tharanga Mushfiqur Rahim (c, wk) Taskin Ahmed Litton Das (wk) Mominul Haque Mehedi Hasan Shakib Al Hasan Mosaddek Hossain Rubel Hossain Tamim Iqbal Taijul Islam Mahmudullah Kamrul Islam Rabbi Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Subashis Roy Soumya Sarkar Upul Tharanga (c) Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Nuwan Kulasekara Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Sachith Pathirana Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Seekkuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Taskin Ahmed Mehedi Hasan Nurul Hasan (wk) Shakib Al Hasan Shuvagata Hom Mosaddek Hossain Rubel Hossain Tamim Iqbal Sunzamul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Sabbir Rahman Mustafizur Rahman Mushfiqur Rahim Subashis Roy Soumya Sarkar Upul Tharanga (c) Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Chamara Kapugedara Shehan Jayasuriya Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Dilshan Munaweera Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Seekkuge Prasanna Lakshan Sandakan Vikum Sanjaya Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana Isuru Udana Sandun Weerakkody Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Taskin Ahmed Shakib Al Hasan Mehedi Hasan Nurul Hasan Mosaddek Hossain Tamim Iqbal Sunzamul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Mushfiqur Rahim Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Subashis Roy Mohammad Saifuddin Soumya Sarkar
Bangladesh's captain Mushfiqur Rahim was asked to play as a batsman only, with Litton Das becoming the wicket-keeper for the Test series. However, Das suffered a fractured rib during training ahead of the second Test, with Mushfiqur Rahim returning as the wicket-keeper for the final Test. Kusal Perera was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the first two ODI matches, but he was expected to be fit for the third and final match. Mehedi Hasan was added to Bangladesh's ODI squad before the start of the limited-overs series. Niroshan Dickwella suffered a fracture to his hand in the first ODI and was ruled out of the rest of the series. Dilruwan Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara and Nuwan Pradeep were all added to Sri Lanka's ODI squad. Kusal Perera was included in Sri Lanka's T20I squad, subject to fitness, with Sandun Weerakkody added as cover, if needed.
Tour matches Two-day match: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v Bangladesh
One-day match: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v Bangladesh
Test series 1st Test
2nd Test
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo