SL VS ZIM - 2nd Match, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Tri-Series, 2018

It was a pleasure bringing you the action today in this thrilling encounter and we look forward to more of the same in this series. This is Rishi Roy, signing off with my heart still pounding, on behalf of Varun Dixit, Nikhil, Ramakrishnan and Venky, and we look forward to bringing you more cricketing action from around the globe. Sayonara!

Sikandar Raza, Man of the match: I did a lot of wrong to be honest (when told he could do no wrong). Started the bowling poorly. I think the comeback showed a lot of character especially against the way Thisara batted; if he carried on for another two overs, he could've finished off the game. We never gave up though, and we did get his wicket in the end. The wicket was tacky in the morning but flattened out. The partnership with Brendan and a few others helped put an above-par total on the board. Every catch is a pressure catch and we showed a lot of character. We never thought the game was out of our hands. We knew one wicket would bring another and we believed we could win.

Cremer, Zimbabwe captain: Couldn't have hoped for anything better with the bat. Hamilton(Masakadza) started off well. Sikanadar came to the party with the bat and ball as well. Shows the character of the team to come back from a loss and win a big game like this. We thought 260 would be a par score. But we got away in the end with 290. We still had to bowl well because we know the SL batsmen are quality players. Chatara and Muazarabani struggled last game and came back well today. We play SL again after this, and we'll take it one game at a time from hereon.

Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka captain: We were scrappy from the outset and gave too many runs in the first ten overs. They capitalised with wickets in hand in the last ten overs. We had wickets in hand, and the run-rate was good. But we lost wickets regularly and that set us back. Thisara was fantastic with bat and ball. Kusal was fantastic too but the others failed to support them to finish it off. Asela was great and so were the Pereras, so there are a few positives we can take from this encounter and try to perform better in the next one against Bangladesh.

20:01 Local Time: An absolutely riveting encounter here at the neutral Shere-Bangla national stadium at Mirpur! After Masakadza gave Zimbabwe a solid start, it was Sikandar Raza who made an aggressive 81* to add the finishing touches to the Zimbabwean innings as they ended up on an above-par 290. The Sri Lankan run-chase started off on a positive note, as Kusal Perera got them off to a flyer. Mathews stabilized the innings after a few quick wickets, but his dismissal brought about a collapse. Thisara Perera gave the Zimbabweans a mighty scare but gifted his wicket to a full-toss, and Zimbabwe held their nerve in the end to do the formalities and clinch a nail-biter of a contest. A thrilling encounter between two evenly matched sides, but the one that held its nerve ended up on triumphant...

Chatara to Chameera, out Caught by (sub)Brandon Mavuta!! That's that! Zimbabwe have edged Sri Lanka in a thriller! 3rd successive win for Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in ODIs! Good length delivery, slower one at 107kmph wide outside off, Chameera gets early into that shot and is enticed into reaching out for it. Just ends up lobbing it into the cups of Mavuta at point. Chameera c (sub)Brandon Mavuta b Chatara 1(4)

Chatara to Chameera, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

13 off 12 required. A headache for Captain Cremer. Who is he going to bowl? Chatara it is.

Cremer to Chameera, 1 run, loopy leg-break on middle and leg, whipped aerially to long-on for a single. Luckily there was no fielder at mid-on

Cremer to Chameera, no run, googly outside off, turning in, and a bit of overspin on it, Chameera tries to defend off the front foot and it hits him on the arm. Too much bounce and Chameera hasn't read it

Cremer to Lakmal, 1 run, loopy delivery on leg and middle, Lakmal takes it on the full and clips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. One more run down...

Cremer to Lakmal, no run, too short on off, Lakmal cross-bats it back to the bowler

Cremer to Lakmal, no run, leg-break pitching on off, turning sharply away , and Lakmal misses the cut

Cremer to Lakmal, no run, leg-break on a length outside off, Lakmal goes for the drive and gets an outside edge to short third man

Graeme Cremer [9.0-0-60-2] is back into the attack

This is turning out to be a nail-biter. The Pereras were outstanding but Thisara failed to finish off the job. The game is still on, as Sherlock would say

Chatara to Chameera, no run, slower delivery on a length outside off, tapped to cover and they fail to take the run

The lower order have to keep their calm

Chatara to Lakmal, 1 run, full delivery on middle, whipped away to long-on for a single

Dushmantha Chameera, right handed bat, comes to the crease