It has long been a Sri Lankan T20 strategy to move the ball away from top-order batsmen, and not only did Bangladesh take notice of it, but they came up with a sound counter-measure

Mushfiqur was the man who was largely blamed for Bangladesh's loss in the World T20 in 2016, but his Colombo blitz has helped him take centre stage for good reasons

Stats highlights from Bangladesh's epic chase at the Premadasa Stadium

Uncowed by their recent history, a blazing Bangladesh top order ran down a target of 215, the wicketkeeper-batsman's audacious 72 off 35 balls building upon terrific work from openers Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal