Bangladesh secure thier first ODI series victory over Sri Lanka

Mushfiqur Rahim hit his eighth ODI century as Bangladesh secured their first ODI series victory over Sri Lanka with a 103-run win by DLS method in the rain-interrupted second match, according to The Associated Press.

In an innings twice halted by rain, the wicket-keeper batsman scored 125 off 127 balls with 10 fours as Bangladesh was bowled out for 246 in 48.1 overs. It was Bangladesh’s first series victory against Sri Lanka across three formats.

“It’s good to win the series, but we haven’t played our perfect game yet,” Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said in the report.

“We lost a lot of wickets and 200 was looking difficult at one point. Mushfiqur’s innings was really good and Mahmudullah chipped in as well. We still haven’t nailed it yet. Hope to play well in the third match.”

Sri Lanka were 126-9 after 38 overs when rain interrupted the game for a third time.

Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 245 in 40 overs, meaning it needed 119 runs from the final two overs. The visitors ended on 141-9.

Bangladesh won by 33 runs on Sunday in the first of their three-match series. The final match is on Friday.