SL vs BAN

10:00 PM local time, 10:00 PM IST: Charith Asalanka rightfully gets the Player of the Match award for yet another clutch hundred at the R. Premadasa Stadium! And with that, a crazy, crazy game of one-day international cricket comes to an end in Colombo! Kudos to Sri Lanka for winning this, very much out of the jaws of defeat and a lot to ponder about for Bangladesh, as they have to keep the series alive come the 5th of July in the 2nd match. The action begins at 2:30 PM local time (2:30 PM IST). So, be there to catch all of it live, right here, with us! This is Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

9:47 PM local time, 9:47 PM IST: Sri Lanka win by 77 runs with 14 overs and a delivery to spare! 

Charith Asalanka 106 (123) | Wanindu Hasaranga - 4/10 (7.5)
Tanzid Hasan 62 (61) | Taskin Ahmed - 4/47 (10)

After 16.2 overs, Bangladesh were 99/1 with Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto going strong for the 3rd wicket. The very next ball saw them bring up the hundred. But, Shanto, who was on strike, decided to come back for the second run, risking the flat and accurate throw by Milan Rathnayake from deep backward square-leg.

It was that attempted extra run which cost him his wicket. But not only that, it started what was a collapse of epic proportion to hand Sri Lanka the match in the end! 

Even though Parvez Hossain Emon got out for 13, Bangladesh made a statement up front and threatened to win the game inside 40 overs! It was not a stiff target anyway. Tanzid brought up an impressive half-century and that 71-run partnership with Shanto helped matters increasingly! 

However, the turnaround happened from that 3rd ball of the 17th over to the 5th ball of the 21st over! The visitors lost 7 wickets for only 5 runs! Yes, you read that right. They lost 7 wickets for only 5 runs. 

There was an outstanding, jaw-dropping catch by Janith Liyanage at mid-off to dismiss Tanzid, which can be said to be the turning point of the match! And then, a smart, sharp catch at short mid-wicket by Maheesh Theekshana aided to everything. 

Wanindu Hasaranga and, believe it or not, ambidextrous part-time spinner Kamindu Mendis, ran riot through the Bangladesh middle-order! There was just no stopping the fall of wickets in that spell! The hosts were all over their opponents.

A 20-run 9th wicket and a 42-run 10th wicket partnership salvaged some pride for Bangladesh, as Jaker Ali Anik managed to register a 64-ball 51. But the writing was well and truly on the wall as the hosts romped home from very much an improbable position! 

Bangladesh have a lot of soul-searching to do after losing the match from a winning position while Sri Lanka will be cock-a-hoop after this inspiring victory in the very first game of the series! 

35.5 Wanindu Hasaranga to Jaker Ali Anik, THAT IS PLUMB IN FRONT! NO REVIEW LEFT FOR BANGLADESH IN ANY CASE. SRI LANKA WIN AT A CANTER IN THE END! Good length and a wrong 'un on off-stump. This turned in of course, but Jaker picked it. However, the premeditated sweep got him all cramped up. He still went through with the shot and missed it. The ball rapped him on the front pad in line and caught him in front of the stumps! 

34.6 Maheesh Theekshana to Mustafizur Rahman, FREE HIT! Off-break on leg-and-middle on the good length. The heave across the line from the crease gets beaten and the ball crashes into the stumps. 

34.6 Maheesh Theekshana to Mustafizur Rahman, good length and flat on leg-stump. But this pitched outside leg, even if Mustafizur misses out on the clip around to square-leg. No run. Oh, Theekshana has overstepped! 

34.4 Maheesh Theekshana to Jaker Ali Anik, FOUR RUNS! Slower length ball around off. The hoick from down on one knee over wide long-on gets outside-edged to the left of short third. 

34.1 Maheesh Theekshana to Jaker Ali Anik, good length on off-stump. A swing of the blade across the line with the bottom hand taken off! Falls short of deep mid-wicket here! No run. 

33.6 Wanindu Hasaranga to Mustafizur Rahman, round the wicket, good length and slow on middle-stump. Mustafizur pushes forward and dead-bats it to silly point.