Makeshift Sri Lanka captain Rangana Herath had earlier won the toss and decided to bat first. Bangladesh made three changes to their playing XI from the Hyderabad Test with Liton Kumar Das, Subashish Roy and Mustafizur Rahman included in place of Sabbir Rahman, Taijul Islam and Kamrul Islam Rabbi respectively.BRIEF SCORESri Lanka 321/4 in 88 overs (Mendis 166*, Gunaratne 85, Taskin 1/48)
Sri Lanka
Dimuth Karunaratne, Upul Tharanga, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella (WK), Asela Gunaratne, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath (C), Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara and Lakshan SandakanBangladesh
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (C), Shakib al Hasan, Liton Kumar Das (WK), Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Subashish Roy