BAN VS SL - 2nd T20I, Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh, 2018

Chandimal kept emphasizing how Bangladesh are strong at home right through the tour, and then his team keep beating them. Superb start to the year for them. Let's hope they go from strength to strength from here. That's it from us. Goodbye!

Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka captain: That's a tough call (accomodating Kusal Perera when he's back from injury). Need to discuss with the selectors. Mendis grabbed his opportunity with both hands. Been a really good series as a team. We didn't play as a team, we played as a family. Everyone put their heart and soul in practice. Been a tough last couple of years. This is a really good start to the new year. We got really good combination with youngsters and seniors.

Kusal Mendis, MoM and MoS: Trained very hard. Worked hard with the coaching staff and they gave confidence to keep playing his normal game. Everyone worked very hard and personally very happy to perform for the team.

Mahmudullah, Bangladesh captain: The score could have been chased down. Needed a good start, but we kept losing wickets. Didn't bowl well at all. The wicket was good to bat on. When we were batting, wicket was quite good with dew around. Wasn't much help for spinners. If we could have restricted them to 180, could have chased it down. Need to sit together. Need to work it out of how to bowl on flat wickets. In T20 cricket, you have to have the mindset of being able to chase down 180-190. Shakib is a champion player and a big miss.

20:30 Local Time, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST: Plenty of smiles in the Sri Lankan camp as they walk off the field. What a tour it has been for them since losing the first couple of games in the triangular ODI tournament. They bounced back to win that trophy, then won the Test series, and have now swept the T20I series too. An abject batting performance from Bangladesh today, as they got off to a dismal start and were never in the hunt in the chase of 211. The hosts weren't able to defend 193 the other day. They decided to bat second today, but it only proved counter-productive as Sri Lanka racked up the runs with Kusal Mendis opening the floodgates at the top. With the comfort of a huge target, the Lankan bowlers didn't face much of a challenge as Bangladesh were quite happy to capitulate.

Gunathilaka to Abu Jayed, out Stumped!! All over. Gunathilaka slides this past Abu Jayed's outside edge as he comes down to slog. Easy stumping for Chandimal. Gunathilaka imitating a cobra in celebration. A 0-2 sting for Bangladesh. Abu Jayed st Chandimal b Gunathilaka 2(3)

Gunathilaka to Abu Jayed, THATS OUT!! Stumped!!

Gunathilaka to Abu Jayed, 2 runs, reaches out to a wide low full toss and slices it to the left of sweeper cover

Gunathilaka to Nazmul Islam, 1 run, dances down and hammers the drive to long-off

Nazmul Islam, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Gunathilaka to Mustafizur, out Bowled!! Right through the gate. It slides on from a length and knocks over off-stump as Mustafizur plays down the wrong line. Nine down. Mustafizur b Gunathilaka 8(9) [4s-1]

Gunathilaka to Mustafizur, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Danushka Gunathilaka, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Shanaka to Abu Jayed, no run, short of length delivery outside off, tries gliding it to third man but is beaten on the edge

Abu Jayed, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Shanaka to Mahedi Hasan, out Caught by Udana!! Short of length delivery outside off, slashed straight to sweeper cover. Came pretty much off the toe-end, hence not much power. Mahedi Hasan c Udana b Shanaka 11(11) [4s-1]

Shanaka to Mahedi Hasan, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Shanaka to Mahedi Hasan, no run, yorker outside off, squeezed back

Shanaka to Mustafizur, 1 run, faint little inside edge onto the pad as he slogs. Was undone by the slower ball

Shanaka to Mahedi Hasan, 1 run, short of length delivery at the body, pulled to the left of fine leg. Excellent effort in the deep. Great desperation considering they're going to win the match