Bangladesh, Sri Lanka fixtures confirmed
Sri Lanka will tour Bangladesh for two Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and three ODIs early next year.
Sri Lanka will tour Bangladesh for two Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and three ODIs early next year.
The first Test will get underway at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on 27 January, while the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong will host the second, starting on 4 February.
The latter venue will host the T20Is on 12 and 14 February, while the opening ODI will be staged in Sylhet and the closing two in Dhaka.
The Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans last met in March 2013. Sri Lanka won the the two-Test series one-nil and the lone T20I. The three-ODI series ended in a one-all draw, with one washout.
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