Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, ODI Series: Stats Preview - Player records and approaching milestones

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are set to clash in a three-match ODI series starting 23rd May 2021. All the three games of the series will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Sri Lanka will be playing with a new captain in form of Kusal Perera in this series. Bangladesh have got a big boost with the return of Shakib Al Hasan for this series. The home team would want to dominate Sri Lanka, and start the contest with a win.

Let’s look at important stats and numbers before the start of the ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:

Head to Head record

7 – Both teams have played 48 ODIs against each other until now, and Sri Lanka have won 39 of these matches. On the other hand, Bangladesh have been victorious in just 7 ODIs.

Tamim nearing 14000 mark

2 – Tamim Iqbal has scored 13998 runs in International cricket so far. He needs 2 more runs to complete 14000 International runs, and become the first player from Bangladesh to reach the milestone.

Bangladesh’s quest to end winless streak

10 – In the last 10 matches played across formats, Bangladesh have lost 9, while 1 match has ended up in a draw. They will be looking to break the winless streak in the series.

Big records await for Shakib

 67 –  Shakib Al Hasan has aggregated 11933 runs in his International career till now. He is 67 runs away from reaching the 12000-run mark. Shakib will become the third Bangladesh player after Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim to achieve this feat.

48 –  The left-hander has scored 6436 ODI runs in 197 innings with the help of 48 fifties and 9 centuries. He needs to hit two more half-centuries in this series to complete 50 fifties in ODIs.

1 – Shakib has smashed 9 hundreds in ODIs so far and will be keen to complete the tenth century as well. He will become the third player after Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Kallis to complete a double of 10 tons and 200 wickets in the fifty-over format.

4 – The all-rounder has picked up 266 wickets in 206 matches in his ODI career. He needs to take four more wickets to go past Mashrafe Mortaza (269) and become the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in ODIs.

Captaincy changes for Sri Lanka

9 – Kusal Perara will be the ninth player to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs since 2017. No other team has fielded such a high number of captains since the start of 2017.

Liton Das’ upcoming milestones

65 – Liton Das has 2935 runs to his name in 98 International matches, and is 65 runs away from completing 3000 runs. He will also be playing his 100th International game in the second ODI.

Taskin-Miraz nearing 50 wickets

50 – Taskin Ahmed and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have picked up 48 and 47 wickets in their ODI career respectively. They will be aiming to complete 50 ODI wickets in the series.