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The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Bangladesh in January and February 2018 to play two Tests and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] Prior to the tour, both teams played in a tri-series, along with Zimbabwe.[3][4]
| Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2017–18 | |||
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| Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 31 January – 18 February 2018 | ||
| Captains | Mahmudullah | Dinesh Chandimal | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mominul Haque (314) | Kusal Mendis (271) | |
| Most wickets | Taijul Islam (12) | Rangana Herath (9) | |
| Player of the series | Roshen Silva (SL) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mahmudullah (84) | Kusal Mendis (123) | |
| Most wickets | Nazmul Islam (2) |
Danushka Gunathilaka (3) Jeevan Mendis (3) | |
| Player of the series | Kusal Mendis (SL) | ||
In December 2017, Shakib Al Hasan was named the new captain of Bangladesh's Test squad, replacing Mushfiqur Rahim.[5] However, ahead of the Test series, Shakib suffered a hand injury during the final of the 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, and Mahmudullah was named as captain of Bangladesh for the first Test.[6] It was Mahmudullah's first Test as captain and he became the tenth player to lead Bangladesh in Tests.[7][8] Mahmudullah also captained Bangladesh for the second Test, as Shakib was still recovering from his injury.[9] Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0, after the first match was drawn.[10]
Shakib Al Hasan was also ruled out of the T20I series, and Mahmudullah once again named as captain in his place.[11][12] Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2–0.[13]
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| Tests | T20Is | ||
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 Bangladesh[14] |
 Sri Lanka[15] |
Bangladesh[16] |
Sri Lanka[17] |
Sunzamul Islam and Tanbir Hayder were added to Bangladesh's squad for the first Test following the news of Shakib Al Hasan's injury.[6] Abdur Razzak was also added to Bangladesh's Test squad as cover for Shakib Al Hasan.[18] Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews missed the first Test due to injury and was later ruled out of the rest of the tour.[19] Sabbir Rahman was added to Bangladesh's squad ahead of the second Test, with Sunzamul Islam and Rubel Hossain both being dropped.[9]
Ahead of the T20I series, Shakib Al Hasan's finger injury had not yet healed and he said he would be unlikely to play in the matches, despite being named as the captain of Bangladesh's T20I squad.[20] Shakib was ruled out of the first T20I due to his injury and Nazmul Islam was added to Bangladesh's squad as his replacement.[21] Mohammad Mithun was added to Bangladesh's squad as cover for Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.[22]
Kusal Perera was ruled out of Sri Lanka's T20I squad due to injury and was replaced by Kusal Mendis.[23] Asela Gunaratne was also ruled out of Sri Lanka's T20I squad due to injury.[24]
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1st Test
31 January–4 February 2018 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sunzamul Islam (Ban) made his Test debut.
- Mahmudullah captained Bangladesh for the first time in Tests and scored 2,000 runs in Tests.[7][25]
- Mominul Haque scored the second-fastest century by a Bangladesh batsman in Tests (96 balls) and became the fastest Bangladesh batsman to score 2,000 runs in Tests.[26][27] He also became first Bangladesh batsman to score centuries in both innings of a Test.[28]
- Bangladesh scored their second-highest number of runs in one day of a Test (374).[29]
- Dhananjaya de Silva became the joint-fastest batsman to reach 1,000 Test runs for Sri Lanka along with Roy Dias and Michael Vandort (23 innings).[30]
- Roshen Silva (SL) scored his first century in Tests.[31]
- Sri Lanka's score of 713/9d is their joint fifth-highest total in Tests.[32]
2nd Test
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akila Dananjaya (SL) made his Test debut and became the third bowler for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut.[10]
- Suranga Lakmal (SL) took his 100th wicket in Tests.[33]
- Rangana Herath (SL) became the most successful left-arm bowler in Tests when he took his 415th wicket, going past Wasim Akram's (Pak) total of 414 wickets.[34]
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1st T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ariful Haque, Zakir Hasan, Afif Hossain, Nazmul Islam (Ban) and Shehan Madushanka (SL) all made their T20I debuts.
- Mahmudullah captained Bangladesh for the first time in T20Is.[35]
- This was Bangladesh's highest total in T20Is.[36]
- This was Sri Lanka's highest successful run-chase in T20Is.[37]
2nd T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Mahedi Hasan, Abu Jayed (Ban) and Amila Aponso (SL) all made their T20I debuts.
- While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result within three days.
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