Mashrafe Mortaza has made a quick break through dismissing the pinching Sri Lankan opener, Tillakaratne Dilshan, as he was trying to scoop the ball with his trademark sweep shot, bold out in the last ball of the first over.
Visiting Sri Lanka has scored 77 at the lose of three wickets in 8.1 over.
Current partnership 16 runs, 1.1 overs, RR: 13.71 (Sangakkara 11, MDKJ Perera 1)
The match began at 5pm local time. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the first T20 International in Chittagong this afternoon.
Mithun Ali and Arafat Sunny made their Twenty20 debuts while Farhad Reza returned after two years.
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 a webbing in his left hand while taking a high catch during training.
For Sri Lanka, Angelo Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Ashan Priyanjan and Kithuruwan Vithanage were left out of the playing XI.
SQUADS
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
