Sri Lanka bat first in Malinga’s last ODI
July 26, 2019 02:23 pm
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the 1st ODI against Bangladesh played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
All eyes will be on Lasith Malinga as he plays his last ODI before retiring from the 50-over format.
Malinga will be aiming to get past former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble’s tally of ODI wickets.
Malinga needs just three wickets to overhaul Anil Kumble’s 337 for ninth place on the international list.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Avishka Fernando, 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Dhananjaya de Silva, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Pradeep, 10 Lahiru Kumara, 11 Lasith Malinga
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mohammad Mithun, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Mosaddek Hossain, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Rubel Hossain, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
