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Sri Lanka draw series beating Bangladesh by 71 runs

COLOMBO: Nuwan Kulasekara's deft bowling helped Sri Lanka defeat Bangladesh by 71 runs in the third one-day in
Published April 1, 2017 Updated April 1, 2017 04:16pm

 

Earlier, Kusal Mendis top-scored with 54 and Thisara Perera added 52 off 40 balls to give Sri Lanka a competitive score after Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza asked them to bat first. Mortaza claimed 3-65 while Mustafizur Rahman picked up 2-55 for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh won the first match by 90 runs before the second match was washed out by rain.

 

 

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