Sri Lanka opt to field against Bangladesh

DHAKA: Sri Lanka´s captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat in the third and final one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday.

Sri Lanka, enjoying an unassailable 2-0 lead, were without either of their three veterans, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan, for the first time in a one-dayer since 2000.Jayawardene and Dilshan are nursing injuries, while Sangakkara was rested ahead of the five-nation Asia Cup which opens in Bangladesh on Tuesday.

The hosts will miss premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was handed a three-match ban for a lewd on-camera gesture during the second one-dayer on Thursday.

Sri Lanka also won both the preceding Test and Twenty20 series.

Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Shafiul Islam, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain.

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashan Priyanjan, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Thisara Perera, Angelo Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Dhammika Prasad, Suranga Lakmal.