Shakib's fire and ice cocktail

Mar 25, 2017

Both captains were all smiles before the toss, before it got all too intense•AFP

Sabbir Rahman, who doesn't back down from a fight, let his bat do all the talking this time, stroking an aggressive half-century•AFP

Shakib Al Hasan, who initially batted with monk-like calmness, carved a half-century of his own as Bangladesh were powered to 324 for 5•AFP

When Taskin Ahmed had Upul Tharanga caught at mid-on, Sri Lanka were reeling at 31 for 3•AFP

... while Sachith Pathirana struck 31 even as the required rate crept up•AFP

Suranga Lakmal, who had a little bit of needle going on with Bangladesh in the Test series, drew first blood when he sent back Soumya Sarkar •AFP

It was soon reduced to a clash of collisions. Hot on the heels of the Pathirana-Sandakan clash came this one, although of less intensity, between Sabbir and Pathirana•AFP

Sri Lanka's hopes of laying a solid base upfront were dashed by Mashrafe Mortaza, who took out Danushka Gunathilaka in the third ball of the chase•AFP

Asela Gunaratne briefly stemmed the rot before he perished to the reverse sweep•AFP

Thisara Perera slammed a 28-ball half-century, but it was too little too late as Bangladesh dismissed Sri Lanka for 234 and cruised to a 90-run win•AFP

Amidst all that, Tamim Iqbal batted with a great deal of patience to bring up his eighth ODI ton•AFP

Debutant Mehedi Hasan deceived Kusal Mendis with flight as the runs began drying up•AFP

Amid the flurry, Dinesh Chandimal stroked his way to a half-century...•AFP