Tigers-Lions final T20 today

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Sabbir Hossain :Bangladesh will meet Sri Lanka today in the second and final Twenty20 International match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.The match starts at 5.00 pm.Earlier, the unlucky Tigers lost to the Lions by two runs in the first Twenty20 International match at the same venue on the Wednesday night.Bangladesh Television, the state-owned television channel will telecast the match live from the arena. A Bangladeshi private satellite channel Maasranga Television also telecast the match live from the stadium.Bangladesh faced Sri Lanka in three Twenty20 International matches and Sri Lanka won all the three games.Promising Anamul Haque played the key role to bring the Tigers on the brink of victory. Anamul Haque notched up an outstanding 58 from 45 balls in the first Twenty20 International match on the Wednesday night but he failed to score three runs from the last delivery of the 20th over as his shot went on the top and bowler Thisara Perera did not do any mistake to hold the catch.Anamul Haque said, “It is past now. I learned many things from that match. If I get such kind of opportunity, I shall try to utilize the chance. To beat Sri Lanka will not a tough task. If our three departments click, we can beat any team of the world.” Batting Coach of Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu said, “The wicket did surprise us a bit, but having said that, the Bangladesh bowlers did well in the middle part of our innings. They restricted our scoring. We soon understood that it is going to be slow and low as the day progresses.”Squads: Bangladesh (probable) : Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Anamul Haque (Wicketkeeper), Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Farhad Reza, Mahmudullah Riyad/Shohag Gazi, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Captain), Rubel Hossain, Arafat Sunny.Sri Lanka (probable) : Kaushal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Seekuge Prasanna, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.

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