Broken glass and the nagin dance

Mar 16, 2018

Shakib Al Hasan marked his return to the Bangladesh team with the wicket of Danushka Gunathilaka•Associated Press

Kusal Perera, however, helped the hosts overcome a collapse•Associated Press

Akila Dananjaya created trouble for the Bangladesh top order•Associated Press

Mahmudullah watched it all, growing angrier by the minute •Associated Press

Bangladesh provided another glimpse of their newfound celebration - the nagin [cobra] dance •Associated Press

Mustafizur Rahman then removed the in-form Kusal Mendis to reduce Sri Lanka to 22 for 2•Associated Press

He added 97 for the sixth wicket with the other Perera - Thisara - at a run-rate of 9.54•Associated Press

But Tamim Iqbal persevered, scoring a sedate half-century •AFP

Things boiled over during the final six balls of the match. Here Nurul Hasan and Thisara Perera are involved in a heated exchange•AFP

Their celebrations in the dressing room though went a little down the wrong direction•Andrew Fernando/ESPNcricinfo

Kusal's 61 - his third fifty of the tournament - carried Sri Lanka to 159•Associated Press

Kusal helped remove the opening batsman and trigger a middle-order collapse•AFP

But things cooled down, if only slightly, and soon after play resumed Mahmudullah struck the winning runs, a six over square leg •Associated Press