Sports desk: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lankain the 3rd and last match of the ODI series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Saturday.
Upul Tharanga's men will take the ground with bat amid warm and sunny weather inColomboaiming to level the series with a balanced batting order and bowling attack.
Bangladesh fielded an unchanged winning eleven, who were in the last two ODIs, for the 3rd match meaning Imrul Kayes, Rubel Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Subashis Roy and newcomer Sunzamul Islam will be on the bench.
Legbreak all-rounder Seekkuge Prasanna has been included in the Lankan best eleven replacing medium pacer Nuwan Pradeep who played in the 2nd ODI.
Having an advantage of 1-0 lead in the three-match series with the 2nd match being washed out due to rain at Dambullaon Tuesdaylast, Mashrafe's men have a bright chance to secure the maiden series victory against Sri Lanka on their 41st ODI tussle.
Tharanga's men clicked with the bat in the 2nd match scoring 311/10 where pacer Taskin Ahmed hit a hat-trick as the 5th Bangladeshi bowler.
Bangladesh best XI: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman.
Sri Lanka best XI: Sri Lanka squad: Danushka Gunathilaka, Upul Tharanga (captain), Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Asela Gunaratne, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Dilruwan Perara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara and Seekkuge Prasanna.
