Triangular Tournament Al Hasan inspires Tigers

Shakib Al Hasan: Scored a match-winning 92

Bangladesh recorded only their second ODI victory over Sri Lanka with a thrilling five-wicket win at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Shakib Al Hasan scored a sparkling 92 not out as Bangladesh chased down Sri Lanka's total of 147 with all of seven overs in hand.

The match was reduced to 31 overs after heavy fog delayed the start in Mirpur.

But once play got underway, Bangladesh made immediate in-roads in to the Sri Lanka innings.

Mashrafe Mortaza removed opener Upul Tharanga for a duck with the third delivery of the day, while Kumar Sangakkara also fell without scoring in his next over.

Dismissed

Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene steadied the ship with a stand of 71 for the third wicket.

However after Jayawardene was dismissed for 28, the Sri Lankans lost wickets at regular intervals.

Debutant fast bowler Rubel Hossain did the damage by polishing off the tail on his way to figures of 4-33, but it was Mortaza who removed the dangerous Jayasuriya for 54.

Jayasuriya was dropped off Mortaza for 28, but the Bangladesh bowler got his revenge by holding on to a catch off his own bowling.

Despite dismissing Sri Lanka for just 147, the Tigers got off to a terrible start in reply as both openers - Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique - were run out and Mushfiqur Rahim was removed for just one.

However, Mohammad Ashraful and Al Hasan dug in to turn the innings around.

The pair put on 91 runs for the fourth wicket - with Al Hasan providing the lion's share of the runs as Ashraful contributed 26 before he was dismissed by Nuwan Kulasekara.

Al Hasan, though, steered Banglasdesh home with his unbeaten 92 coming off just 69 balls and including 10 fours and two sixes.