# Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. The Sri Lankans rested many senior players on this tour, like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan (Muttiah was only left out of the ODI squad) and the captain Marvan Attapatu. The role of the captain for this series was taken over by Mahela Jayawardene. The first match of the ODI series was the last game for veteran fast bowler Khaled Mahmud.

## Squads

| Sri Lanka | Bangladesh |
| Mahela Jayawardene (c) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Hasantha Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya (ODI only) Prasanna Jayawardene Chamara Kapugedera Kaushal Lokuarachchi Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan (Test only) Ruchira Perera Dhammika Prasad Thilan Samaraweera Upul Tharanga Sajeewa Weerakoon Michael Vandort | Habibul Bashar c Khaled Mashud wk Abdur Razzak (ODI) Aftab Ahmed Alok Kapali Enamul Haque Jr (Test) Javed Omar Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Rafique Nafees Iqbal (Test) Rajin Saleh Shahadat Hossain Shahriar Nafees Syed Rasel Tushar Imran (ODI) |

## Venues

| Bogra | Chattogram |
| Shaheed Chandu Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| BograChattogram ||

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 20 February 2006 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 118 (35.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 119/5 (24.1 overs) |
| Khaled Mahmud 36 (62) Ruchira Perera 3/23 (7 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 50 (62) Mohammad Rafique 2/10 (3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Ruchira Perera (SL)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Khaled Mahmud played his last international match

### 2nd ODI

* 22 February 2006 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 212 (49 overs) | v | Bangladesh 213/6 (47 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 96 (110) Syed Rasel 2/28 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Ashraful 51 (71) Dilhara Fernando 2/48 (8 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 February 2006 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 309/7 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 231/9 (50 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 109 (125) Mohammad Rafique 3/61 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Ashraful 64 (67) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/14 (5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 78 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: A. F. M. Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 28 February – 3 March 2006 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

### 2nd Test

* 8–12 March 2006 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (SL)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat
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