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Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will play a three-match One-Day International series beginning on May 23, 2021. All three games of the series will take held in Dhaka’s Shere Bangla National Stadium. In this series, Sri Lanka will be led by a new captain, Kusal Perera. With the comeback of Shakib Al Hasan for this series, Bangladesh has received a significant boost. The host squad will like to overpower Sri Lanka and start the game on a high note.
Important stats and numbers before the start of the ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:
Head to Head
Both sides have played 48 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against each other, with Sri Lanka winning 39 of them. Bangladesh, on the other side, has only won seven One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Tamim Iqbal statistics
Tamim Iqbal has a total of 13998 runs in international cricket. He only needs two more runs to attain 14000 International runs and become the first Bangladeshi player to do it. Meanwhile, Tamim scores 50 runs for Bangladesh.
ODI fifty No.51 for @TamimOfficial28 👏#BANvSL | https://t.co/60AZVDJXkN pic.twitter.com/ReWSwhSIaW
— ICC (@ICC) May 23, 2021
Bangladesh’s bid to halt its losing streak
Bangladesh has lost nine of the previous ten matches across all forms, with one match ending in a tie. They will be hoping to snap the series’ losing skid.
Big things are in store for Shakib
Shakib Al Hasan has scored 11933 runs in his international career. He is only 67 runs away from breaking the 12000-run barrier. Shakib will become the third Bangladeshi player to achieve this achievement, following Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Sri Lanka’s captaincy has changed
Kusal Perara will be the ninth player to captain Sri Lanka in one-day internationals since 2017. Since the beginning of 2017, no other team has had as many captains.
Liton Das’ upcoming achievements
Liton Das has 2935 runs in 98 International matches and is 65 runs short from reaching 3000. In the second ODI, he will also play his 100th international match.
Taskin-Miraz is getting close to 50 wickets
Taskin Ahmed and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have 48 and 47 wickets respectively in their ODI careers, respectively. They will be aiming for 50 ODI wickets during the series.