Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2017: 1st T20I, 5 Talking Points

#2 Mustafizur bowls his heart out a day before his IPL team plays opener

Mustafizur took the crucial wicket of Tharanga but could not help his team over the line

Mustafizur Rehman was a key element of Sunrisers Hyderabad's victorious IPL campaign in 2016. The franchise relied on his smart off-cutters and deadly slower balls at the death to choke the run flow and get crucial wickets.

The Bangladeshi is unavailable for the 1st game of the season but did his job in the T20 against Lanka. The left-arm seamer bowled a typically miserly first over that went for just five runs before Kusal Perera unleashed two boundaries off his second over.

The tricky bowler that he is, Mustafizur was kept for the death overs and returned to bowl five unplayable balls in the 18th over. However, Seekuge Prasanna smacked a six off the final ball to crush Bangladesh's hopes.