Sri Lanka and Bangladesh locked horns to win the final of the tri-nation tournament. Things started well for the Lankans as Gunathilaka started with a boundary, but kept struggling for the next deliveries. Mehidy Hasan Miraz finally got him after getting close on numerous occasions.

After that, there was a tempest for Kusal Mendis as he scored 28 from 9 balls. He, however, lost his wicket to Mashrafe Mortaza, who seemed very animated after scalping him. A bit later, Niroshan Dickwella was adjudged as LBW, but a review saved his life as the decision was overturned.

However, he did lose his wicket after a decently-paced 42 from 57 balls. A while later, Upul Tharanga was clean bowled by a clever slower-one from Mustafizur Rahman. The runs kept coming at a slow pace, but the wickets fell at regular intervals to slow down the pace of the Sri Lankan innings. 

Captain Dinesh Chandimal, however, made 45 runs after playing 74 balls before being cleaned by Rubel Hossain. The rest of the pack soon fell with only Akila Dananjaya reaching double figures with a score of 17.

For the bowlers, Rubel Hossain took 4 wickets while Mustafizur bowled economically and helped himself to 2 wickets. Mohammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took a wicket each to bundle out Sri Lanka for 221 in 50 overs.

Bangladeshi top-order looked helpless in front of the Lanka bowlers, as the first three batsmen have already returned to the pavilion.

Both Tamim and Shabbir made bad decisions to pull the short balls from Dushmant Chameera and ended up giving their wicket away. Mohammad Mithun was run out following his poor judgment. Mithun made 10 runs before leaving the pitch while the other two could not reach the double-digit.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad built a 68-run partnership but that was of a little help for the Tigers with their most prolific fielder – Shakib Al Hasan sidelined due to an injury.

Mushfiqur left the crease as Akila Dananjaya bagged his wicket. The next two batsmen – Mehidy Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin also could not provide the support that Mahmudullah needed as they were out scoring 5 runs and 8 runs, respectively. The later fell a victim to a run out while Mehidy was out caught and bowled by Dananjaya.

Madhushanka then dismissed Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Rubel Hossain in the last two balls of the 40^th over and completed his hat-trick in the first ball of the 42^nd over by dismissing Mahmudullah Riyad on 76 runs.