Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in tense finish here in the final of the Tri Nations Cup in Mirpur.Bangladesh were skittled for a mere 152 after 48.4 overs with Raqibul Hasan 43 being the highest scorer .The chased looked to be a very easy one seeing the batting line up of the Wri Lankans but it turned out exactly the opposite with Sir Lanka being in trouble in the beginning of theeir chase with score reading 4 for 3. It became more worse when Sri Lanka losts the wickets of Chamara Kapugedra and Thilan Tushara with the score reading 6 for 5.
Kumara Sangakara then steadied the ship scoring a gritty 59.Which was in the end helped by Farvez Maharoof and Muttiah Muralidharan who scored 38 and 33 respectively.Muralidharan was the star of the show in the end scoring 33 of just 18 balls leading Sri Lanka to a 2 wicket win.
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