Gentleman Kusal Mendis

Sri Lanka were dominating Bangladesh. 

The home side had scored 200 with Mendis and Perera holding the fort. 

But when it came to sportsmanship, Mendis kept it intact. 

His side in the previous over had lost Perera, but he did not mind walking off to an edge to the Bangladesh wicket-keeper.

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There was a mild appeal from Rubel Hossain as the ball was gloved by Mushfiqur Rahim. 

The umpire was also unconvinced but Mendis took the walk back to the dressing room setting an example of honesty.

Mendis, who was dropped on 28 by Mahmudullah at long-on, was back to the hut scoring 43 as television replays revealed the slight touch the ball had on his bat.

1ST ODI

SRI LANKA INNINGS            R    B

Fernando c Soumya b Shafiul         7    13

Karunaratne c Mustafizur b Miraz    36    37

Kusal c Mustafizur b Soumya         111    99

Mendis c Mushfiq b Rubel         43    49

Mathews c Sabbir b Mustafizur     48    52

Thirimanne c Soumya b Mustafizur     25    30

Thisara c Soumya b Shafiul         2    3

De Silva c Sabbir b Shafiul         18    12

Malinga not out            6    6

Pradeep not out            0    0    

Extras (lb 1, nb 1, w 16)        18 

Total (50 Overs)            314/8 

Fall Of Wickets

1-10 (Fernando), 2-107 (Karunaratne), 3-207 (Kusal), 4-212 (Mendis), 5-272 (Thirimanne), 6-276 (Thisara), 7-302 (Mathews), 8-309 (De Silva)

Bowling

Shafiul 9-0-62-3, Miraz 9-0-56-1, Rubel 9-0-54-1, Mosaddek 7-0-45-0, Mustafizur 10-0-75-2, Soumya 5-0-17-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-4-0

BANGLADESH INNINGS        R    B

Tamim b Malinga            0    5

Soumya b Malinga            15    22

Mithun lbw b Pradeep        10    21

Mushfiq c Mendis b Pradeep        67    86

Mahmudullah    c sub b Kumara    3    10

Sabbir c Fernando b De Silva        60    56

Mosaddek run out (Mendis)        12    16

Miraz c Mendis b De Silva        2    5

Shafiul b Pradeep            2    9

Rubel not out                6    6

Mustafizur c Thisara b Malinga    18    14

Extras (lb 4, w 24)            28 

Total (41.4 Overs)            223 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-1 (Tamim), 2-30 (Mithun), 3-30 (Soumya), 4-39 (Mahmudullah), 5-150 (Sabbir), 6-182 (Mosaddek), 7-187 (Miraz), 8-199 (Mushfiq), 9-200 (Shafiul), 10-223 (Mustafizur)

Bowling

Malinga 9.4-2-38-3, Pradeep 9-1-51-3, Thisara 6-0-36-0, Kumara 7-0-45-1, De Silva 10-0-49-2

Sri Lanka won by 91 runs