Right-arm pacer Shafiul Islam had come as the last minute inclusion.
A 14-member Bangladesh team had travelled to Colombo and the team management thought of bringing the out-of-favor Shafiul to the national fold based on practical facts.
Having played his last ODI for the Tigers in 2016, Shafiul made his mark on his return in just his second over, removing Avishka Fernando for seven.
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He finished his first spell of three overs conceding 16 runs and taking a wicket.
The 29-year old went on to take two more lower-order wickets and ended with three scalps giving away 62 runs in nine overs.
Considering how Sri Lanka batsmen had started, Shafiul put in a decent effort on his return having attended just one practice session with the team ahead of the game.
1ST ODI
SRI LANKA INNINGS R B
Fernando c Soumya b Shafiul 7 13
Karunaratne c Mustafizur b Miraz 36 37
Kusal c Mustafizur b Soumya 111 99
Mendis c Mushfiq b Rubel 43 49
Mathews c Sabbir b Mustafizur 48 52
Thirimanne c Soumya b Mustafizur 25 30
Thisara c Soumya b Shafiul 2 3
De Silva c Sabbir b Shafiul 18 12
Malinga not out 6 6
Pradeep not out 0 0
Extras (lb 1, nb 1, w 16) 18
Total (50 Overs) 314/8
Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Fernando), 2-107 (Karunaratne), 3-207 (Kusal), 4-212 (Mendis), 5-272 (Thirimanne), 6-276 (Thisara), 7-302 (Mathews), 8-309 (De Silva)
Bowling
Shafiul 9-0-62-3, Miraz 9-0-56-1, Rubel 9-0-54-1, Mosaddek 7-0-45-0, Mustafizur 10-0-75-2, Soumya 5-0-17-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-4-0
BANGLADESH INNINGS R B
Tamim b Malinga 0 5
Soumya b Malinga 15 22
Mithun lbw b Pradeep 10 21
Mushfiq c Mendis b Pradeep 67 86
Mahmudullah c sub b Kumara 3 10
Sabbir c Fernando b De Silva 60 56
Mosaddek run out (Mendis) 12 16
Miraz c Mendis b De Silva 2 5
Shafiul b Pradeep 2 9
Rubel not out 6 6
Mustafizur c Thisara b Malinga 18 14
Extras (lb 4, w 24) 28
Total (41.4 Overs) 223 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Tamim), 2-30 (Mithun), 3-30 (Soumya), 4-39 (Mahmudullah), 5-150 (Sabbir), 6-182 (Mosaddek), 7-187 (Miraz), 8-199 (Mushfiq), 9-200 (Shafiul), 10-223 (Mustafizur)
Bowling
Malinga 9.4-2-38-3, Pradeep 9-1-51-3, Thisara 6-0-36-0, Kumara 7-0-45-1, De Silva 10-0-49-2
Sri Lanka won by 91 runs
