Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06
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| Sri Lankans in Bangladesh in 2005-06 | ||
| Teams |
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| Dates | 20 February – 12 March 2006 | |
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Habibul Bashar |
| Number of ODIs | 3 | |
| ODIs won | 2 | 1 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Kumar Sangakkara 181 |
Mohammad Ashraful 119 |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Ruchira Perera, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof 4 |
Mohammad Rafique 7 |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Kumar Sangakkara | |
| Number of Tests | 2 | |
| Tests won | 2 | 0 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Upul Tharanga 297 |
Habibul Bashar 183 |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Muttiah Muralitharan 16 |
Shahadat Hossain 9 |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Muttiah Muralitharan | |
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.
[edit] Squads
Sri Lanka
- Mahela Jayawardene (c)
- Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
- Malinga Bandara
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Dilhara Fernando
- Hasantha Fernando
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Prasanna Jayawardene
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Farveez Maharoof
- Lasith Malinga
- Jehan Mubarak
- Muttiah Muralitharan
- Ruchira Perera
- Dhammika Prasad
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Upul Tharanga
- Sajeeewa Weerakoon
- Michael van Dort
Bangladesh
- Habibul Bashar (capt)
- Khaled Mashud (wk)
- Aftab Ahmed
- Mohammad Ashraful
- Tapash Baisya
- Nazmul Hossain
- Alok Kapali
- Khaled Mahmud
- Mashrafe Mortaza
- Shahriar Nafees
- Javed Omar
- Mohammad Rafique
- Manjural Islam Rana
- Syed Rasel
- Abdur Razzak
- Rajin Saleh
