Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Video Highlights, Scorecard & Report

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by two runs in a thrilling first T20 International in Chittagong.

The hosts won the toss and elected to field at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium but were only able to restrict the visitors to 168-7 in their 20 overs.

In reply, the Tigers came perilously close and needed three off the final delivery, but Anamul Haque was caught and bowled by Thisara Perera.

Sri Lanka lost veteran opener Tillakaratne Dilshan for a duck in the first over when he was clean bowled by Mashrafe Mortaza.

They lost wickets at regular intervals, including Kumar Sangakkara—the man of the series in the Tests—for 11, but Kusal Perera kept the scoring ticking over.

The 23-year-old left-hander hit seven boundaries and a six in his 64 off 44 balls before being the fifth wicket to fall in the 14th over.

However, some big hitting from Nuwan Kulasekara, who struck 31 off 21 balls, boosted the visiting total.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
K Perera	c A Haque	b Arafat Sunny	64	65	44
Dilshan		b Mortaza	0		3
Chandimal	c Reza	b Shakib	18	18	15
Sangakkara	c Nasir Hossain	b Shakib	11	3	6
Prasanna	c Nasir Hossain	b Arafat Sunny	4	7	4
Mathews	run out (Ali)		11	24	11
T Perera	not out		19	23	16
N Kulasekara	c Rahman	b Mortaza	31	16	21
Senanayake	not out		0		0
Extras		0nb 3w 0b 7lb	10
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Mortaza		4	0	43	2
Gazi		3	0	29	0
Rubel Hossain		4	0	27	0
Shakib		4	0	27	2
Arafat Sunny		3	0	17	2
Reza		2	0	18	0

Bangladesh made a strong start to their innings with a 52-run opening partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Shamsur Rahman.

Rahman (22) and Iqbal (30) went in consecutive overs, but Shakib Al Hasan (26) and Nasir Hossain (16) also made better than a run-a-ball contributions as Anamul Haque anchored the innings.

They needed 36 off the final three overs but lost debutant Mithun Ali for a first ball duck and were left requiring 17 off the final over.

Haque hit three boundaries to move to 58 off 44 balls but failed to dispatch a full toss off the final ball to the fence, hitting it straight up in the air as the hosts fell short.

	Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim Iqbal	c Mathews	b T Perera	30	34	25
Rahman	c and b A Mendis		22	27	15
A Haque	c and b T Perera		58	68	45
Shakib		b N Kulasekara	26	20	17
Nasir Hossain	c T Perera	b Malinga	16	14	13
Ali	c Mathews	b N Kulasekara	0	2	1
Reza	run out (T Perera)		7	14	5
Gazi	not out		0	4	0
Extras		1nb 1w 1b 4lb	7
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Malinga		4	0	34	1
N Kulasekara		4	0	29	2
Senanayake		3	0	21	0
A Mendis		4	0	29	1
T Perera		4	0	42	2
Prasanna		1	0	6	0

The teams meet in the second and final match of the series on Friday.