Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka in 2007 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | ||
| Dates | 20 June – 24 July 2007 | ||
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (428) | Mohammad Ashraful (218) | |
| Most wickets | Muttiah Muralitharan (26) | Shahadat Hossain (4) | |
| Player of the series | Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Chamara Silva (101) | Aftab Ahmed (63) | |
| Most wickets | Sanath Jayasuriya (5) | Syed Rasel (4) | |
| Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | ||
The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three Test matches and three One Day Internationals in June and July 2007. This series held Mohammad Ashraful's first Test and ODI matches as captain of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka ended up winning all the Test matches and One-day Internationals.
Chaminda Vaas and Prasanna Jayawardene both recorded their first Test career centuries, both during the same partnership during the Sri Lankan innings. In addition, the partnership - worth 223 runs without dismissal (Sri Lanka declared their innings once Vaas reached his hundred) - set a seventh-wicket record for Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh's first innings of 62 all out is the lowest innings total for Bangladesh.Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim 6th wicket partnership of 191 was a record partnership for Bangladesh.
Day 1
With the 3 Test series already won Sri Lanka made 3 changes to their side. Chaminda Vaas was replaced by Sujeewa de Silva, while Upul Tharanga, recovered from a heel injury to take the place of Malinda Warnapura. Farveez Maharoof came in for Dilhara Fernando. Bangladesh made 2 changes to their side with Syed Rasel replacing Mohammad Sharif and Tushar Imran in for Mehrab Hossain Jnr.
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