The high voltage match has ended as Bangladesh lost by only two runs to top ranked visiting Sri Lanka in the first Twenty-20 of the two-match series in Chittagong on Wednesday.
Tigers fought well against Lions, but finally couldn’t manage to clinch the victory just for two runs.
Tigers scored 166 runs which were three runs away to win the match against Lions.
Anamul Haque was the top scorer from host side as he scored 58 runs off 45 balls.
The visitors scored 168 runs for the loss of seven wickets off 20 over after the Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka suffered a blow on the eve of the match when Mahela Jayawardene was ruled out of the two-match Twenty20 series after splitting webbing in his left hand while taking a high catch during training.
Mithun Ali and Arafat Sunny made their Twenty20 debut while Farhad Reza has returned after two years in home side.
For Sri Lanka, Angelo Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Ashan Priyanjan and Kithuruwan Vithanage were left out of the playing XI.
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque (wk), Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mithun Ali,Farhad Reza, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Masrafe Bin Mortaza (capt), Rubel Hossain
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal (capt and wk), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Seekuge Prasanna, Lasith Malinga