Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against Bangladesh, after sustaining a hamstring strain during Wednesday's warm-up match in Colombo, Sri Lanka's cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha confirmed.

Former Sri Lanka pacer and current Sri Lanka Under-19 assistant coach Chaminda Vaas was one of the stars that graced the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Board President's XI warm-up match at the Colombo Cricket Club yesterday.

Bangladesh fell agonisingly short of a unlikely win in their practice match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI, losing by two runs at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who yesterday reclaimed the top spot of the ICC Test all-rounders rankings from India's Ravichandran Ashwin, was hailed as 'the wonder of cricket world' by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The euphoria after Sunday's historic four-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Colombo's P Sara Oval has subsided in this part of the world,

Bangladesh will play their one-day warm-up match against a Sri Lanka Board President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground today.

Shakib, who took six wickets in Colombo, has displaced Ashwin from the top rank in the list of all-rounders after the two players inter-changed positions two times last week.

Sri Lanka Cricket’s top brass including President Thilanga Sumathipala, Chairman of Selectors Sanath Jayasuriya, captain Rangana Herath, Coach Graham Ford and Cricket Manager Asanka Gurusinha will meet today to do a postmortem after the national cricket team’s shocking defeat in the second Test against Bangladesh at P. Sara Oval on Sunday.

When recalling Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup triumph, the bearded, bespectacled Asankha Gurusinha will probably not be the first name that comes to mind. But Sri Lanka's current strategic consultant was the sixth-highest scorer in the tournament and the second-highest for his team after Aravinda de Silva.

When Bangladesh showcased their 100th Test with a magnificent four-wicket win against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Sunday, the home side termed the loss, their first against Bangladesh, as the biggest embarrassment in their history of Test cricket.

Things were getting a little too close for comfort in the morning session. Nearly 50 minutes had passed and Sri Lanka's lead had grown to 190.

"What's the news? Two gone! Oh no," a student in uniform exclaimed over phone and cursed out of frustration after learning that

The enormity of the achievement will take a while to sink in. Just six days ago, the Bangladesh team looked like sitting ducks as selection turmoil and backroom politics in the wake of a crushing 259-run defeat in the first Test in Galle overshadowed the joyous occasion that was to be the country's 100th Test match.

As a team, the England one [win in Dhaka in 2016] was very important. And this too, it's the hundredth Test, so this is also very important.

History is made at Colombo’s P Sara Oval today when Bangladesh win their centenary Test by four wickets and level the 2-match series at 1-1.

The two-day players' transfer for the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League concluded at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Bangladesh limited-overs captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza left for Colombo yesterday along with Shuvagata Hom and Nurul Hasan and newcomer Sanjamul Islam with the hopes of winning the three-match ODI and two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Azmir Ahmed slammed an unbeaten hundred as BCB Green defeated BCB Red by 43 runs following the D/L method in the side's second practice match for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

The umpiring in the Colombo Test has not always been straightforward, but the last ball yesterday and umpire Aleem Dar's reaction to it resulted in some confusion and could be said to have cost Bangladesh a review.

Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne had averaged 11.6 in his last 10 Test innings since his last century at home, and it was on 11 that he was dropped on the third evening by Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim off a difficult deflection down the leg side.