In 14th Asia Cup 2018 Mushfiqur Rahim made his sixth century. He made his highest ODI score 144 runs from 150 balls. Amazing 11 fours and 4 huge sixes he made 144 runs in conditions of top-order batsman Failure. Bangladesh scored 261 runs off 49.3 overs.

Mushfiqur Rahim

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka is the first match in the Asia Cup 14th edition. Tiger captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who won the toss against Sri Lanka, decided to bat. The temperature of the day was 45 degree when the game started. Because of dry and hot weather, both teams expected to bat first and take benefit of the dewfall of night. Here Bangladesh won the toss and choose to bat first.  

Mushfiq has taken the sixth century of his one-day career even under pressure. Earlier, Bangladesh scored two hundred and sixty-one runs in the first innings. In Srilankan’s team, Lasith Malinga comes back to international cricket after one year and took 4 wickets in his spell. On the other hand, Mohammad Mithun replaces by Sabbir Rahman in eleven squads and scored 63 runs off 68 balls.

Sri Lanka’s Team: Lasith Malinga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Thisara Perera, Amila Aponso, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Dasun Shanaka and Dhananjaya de Silva.

Bangladesh Team: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Liton Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain.