Sri Lanka were dominating Bangladesh.
The home side had scored 200 with Mendis and Perera holding the fort.
But when it came to sportsmanship, Mendis kept it intact.
His side in the previous over had lost Perera, but he did not mind walking off to an edge to the Bangladesh wicket-keeper.
A 14-member @BCBtigers team had travelled to Colombo and the team management thought of bringing the out-of-favor Shafiul Islam to the national fold based on practical facts.https://t.co/86tQEjDDbn#BCBTIGERS #BCB #TIGERS #BANGLADESH #CRICKET #BANGLADESHCRICKET #SHAFIULISLAM
— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) July 26, 2019
There was a mild appeal from Rubel Hossain as the ball was gloved by Mushfiqur Rahim.
The umpire was also unconvinced but Mendis took the walk back to the dressing room setting an example of honesty.
Mendis, who was dropped on 28 by Mahmudullah at long-on, was back to the hut scoring 43 as television replays revealed the slight touch the ball had on his bat.
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
