Summary

  • Sri Lanka chase 172 with seven balls to spare

  • Asalanka hits 80 not out from 49 balls - Rajapaksa 53 from 31

  • Pair lead recovery from 79-4

  • Das drops Rajapaksa on 14 & Asalanka on 63

  • Mushfiqur catapults Bangladesh to 171-4 with 57* from 37

  • Opener Naim hits 62 from 52

  • Players in heated exchange after Das (10) dismissal

  • Third match of Super 12s, Group 1 - wins for England & Australia on Saturday

  • India meet rivals Pakistan at 15:00 BST in Group 2

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Amy Lofthouse

  1. "Group of death".

    No pressure, then. The players are out in the middle - Naim Sheikh and Litton Das opening the batting for Bangladesh, Chamika Karunaratne taking the first over for Sri Lanka.

  2. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    One of these two could cause a couple of major upsets against the bigger four teams - England, West Indies, Australia and South Africa - in the group.

    It is definitely a group of death.

  3. The teams

    Bangladesh: Litton Das, Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mahmudullah (capt), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.

    Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (capt), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando.

  4. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka: "Our bowlers have been doing a good job for us so I would like to bowl first. After IPL it seems the wickets have been down a bit."

    Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah: "We would have batted first. It will be a good one to bat on hopefully. It is a bit of relief after the first match we lost but it is good now. Hopefully we can play a good game here."

  5. Sri Lanka win the toss and bowl first

    Captain Dasun Shanaka calls correctly and puts Bangladesh into bat.

    In stark contrast to the rain hammering on my window here, it looks absolutely roasting in Sharjah today. Probably good for batting, but spin could play a big part too.

    Captains at tossGetty Images

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  7. Welcome

    Good morning! Or afternoon, depending on where you're joining us from.

    After wins for Australia and England yesterday, the Super 12 action continues today with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh kicking us off before India and Pakistan play the evening fixture.

    Both these teams had to qualify through the group stages, so they've got plenty of cricket under their belts by now.