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B0$ Before the curtain raiser on 5th October, time for some final dress rehearsals. And we kick-off the warm up games with a clash between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who met twice recently in the Asia Cup and now have a third clash to iron out some final chinks in their armour. A lot has transpired in Bangladesh cricket in the interim, with an open war of words between Tamim Iqbal, skipper Shakib Al Hasan and the board. However, today presents an opportunity to keep all those off field issues on the back burner and show the world what they are all out. Sri Lanka were mighty impressive at the Asia Cup, despite that meek surrender in the final. They will be without some of their talismanic bowlers for this World Cup, but someone has always stepped up and plugged the holes recently in Lankan cricket. It is a hot afternoon at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati which rolled out some very flat decks during the IPL. Let’s see what today has to offer…

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B0$ Squad: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

B0$ Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne