Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Cricket team will take on Sri Lanka Cricket team in the first One Day International (ODI) match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattorgram, the port city of the country today. The match will start at 2:30pm (Bangladesh Standard Time).
Private satellite sports channel T Sports and private satellite channel GTV will telecast the match live.
Before today’s match, the Tigers and Sri Lanka faced each other in 54 ODI games.
Of them, Bangladesh recorded 10 victories, while the Islanders won in the 42 occasions and rest of the two matches ended without any result.
But this statistic is primary stage for Bangladesh cricket.
Now-a-days Bangladesh have showed a satisfactory performance in ODI cricket.
As an example Bangladesh have directly qualified for the Champions Trophy but Sri Lanka failed to qualify straightly in the Champions Trophy.
Last year Chandika Hathurusingha was reappointed as Head Coach of Bangladesh Cricket team.
Soumya Sarkar is one of the favourite player of Hathurusingha. Soumya Sarkar was included by Hathurusingha in the ODI series against New Zealand. Later, Soumya Sarkar proved his potentiality scoring 169 against the Kiwis.
Soumya Sarkar scored altogether 49 runs in the recently concluded three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team Najmul Hossain Shanto said, ” I need cent percent performance from Soumya Sarkar.
I want to get up to the mark performance from Soumya in batting, bowling and fielding.
He played in the last three matches. Every player has to show consistent performance. Not only Soumya, it is needed for all the batters of Bangladesh.
I don’t think that only Soumya has to show consistent performance. Every batter has to improve in batting, bowling and fielding. I hope if Soumya get chance in this three-match ODI series, he will show a satisfactory performance in batting.”
Bangladesh ODI squad (for 1st & 2nd ODIs) : Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Anamul Haque Bijoy, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman.
Sri Lanka ODI squad: Kusal Mendis (Captain), Charith Asalanka (Vice-Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Akila Dananjaya, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan and Lahiru Kumara.
