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Sri Lanka thrash Bangladesh by 6 wickets in T20 opener

Riding on Kusal Mendis’ maiden T20 fifty, Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by 6 wickets to win the first encounter of the two-match rubber in Dhaka on Thursday.

New Delhi: Riding on Kusal Mendis’ maiden T20 fifty, Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by 6 wickets to win the first encounter of the two-match rubber in Dhaka on Thursday.

Chasing a huge 193 target, Mendis hit 53 off 27 deliveries while Dasun Shanka smashed an unbeaten 42 to guide the visitors home with 20 balls to spare.

 Shanaka, who hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his 24-ball blitz, shared an unbeaten 65-run stand with Thisara Perera to snap Sri Lanka's eight-match losing streak in T20 matches.

Bangladesh rode on brisk half-centuries by Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim to post their highest-ever T20 total but were undone by an attacking opposition batting.

Sri Lanka responded strongly with Mendis putting on 53 runs with fellow-opener Danushka Gunathilaka, who made 30, to put the Bangladesh bowlers on the backfoot right from the beginning.

Left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam, one of the four debutants in Bangladesh line-up, broke the stand when he got Gunathilaka stumped.

Nazmul later picked the wicket of Upul Tharanga, for four, before fellow debutant Afif Hossain removed Mendis with his off-spin.

But Shanaka and Perera, who was unbeaten on 39 off just 18 balls, ensured no further hiccup in the Sri Lankan innings.

Earlier, the home side surpassed their previous highest score of 190-5 against Ireland at Belfast in 2012, thanks to some prolific batting by Mushfiqur and Soumya.

Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on 66 off 44 balls while Soumya hit a 32-ball 51 -- the left-handed openers maiden T20 fifty -- after the hosts elected to bat first.

Sri Lankan leg-spinner Jeevan Mendis claimed two wickets.

The second match of the series will be held in Sylhet on Sunday.

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