Today at 8:00 GMT, or 3:00 a.m. ET, the 2014 Asia Cup continues when host Bangladesh, still seeking its first win of the tournament, tries to pull off a shocker against powerhouse Sri Lanka. Fans of both sides can live stream the action at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka for free by clicking this link.
Sri Lanka has been dominant during this year's Asia Cup, taking down Pakistan by 12 runs, beating India by two wickets, and then blasting Afghanistan by 129 runs. They are the lone undefeated squad remaining in the field, and made history during this run. A tweet from Opta Jim reads, "Lasith Malinga has become the fourth player to take 250 ODI wickets for Sri Lanka."
In addition to Malinga's strong play, world-beater Kumar Sangakkara has been in tip-top shape during this tournament, having won two straight man-of-the-match awards. He's led Sri Lanka in runs throughout, and has done nice work as wicketkeeper as well.
Bangladesh keeper Mushfiqur Rahim will be their best hope of even remaining competitive in this matchup, having led the squad in the Asia Cup by scoring 117 against India, and posting an unbeaten 51 vs. Pakistan. Although Bangladesh dropped both matches, Rahim could not be blamed.
STARTING SQUADS:
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Anamul Haque (wk), ImrulKayes, Shamsur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Mominul Haque, NasirHossain, Arafat Sunny, Ziaur Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Sohag Gazi,Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain, Shakib AlHasan
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga,Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), MahelaJayawardena, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara,Suranga Lakmal, Chaturanga De Silva, Sachithra Senanayake, AjanthaMendis, Ashan Priyanjan
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