Bangladesh drew the one-day international serieswith Sri Lanka 1-1 after Nasir Hossain hit four boundaries in the next-to-lastover Thursday to lead the visitors to a three-wicket win in the rain-affectedthird match.
Chasing a revised target of 183 in 27 overs under theDuckworth/Lewis method, Bangladesh was 167-2 with two overs remaining whenHossain took on seamer Thisara Perera to complete his team's first win in SriLanka.
Hossain remained unbeaten on 33 with six boundaries in 27deliveries. Opener Anamul Haque top-scored with 40.
After a strong start of 77 between Haque and MohammadAshraful (29), Bangladesh lost 6-70 to be in a precarious position beforeHossain came to the rescue.
Offspinner Sachithra Senanayake and seamers Lasith Malingaand Angelo Mathews took two wickets each for Sri Lanka.
"It's a huge win for us, it was a challenge for us todo well against big teams, so very happy with the effort," Bangladeshcaptain Mushfiqur Rahim said.
Sri Lanka captain Mathews said he is disappointed with theloss despite having a strong total on the board.
"The bowling let us down today," he said. "Webatted brilliantly even though we lost out way in the middle."
Sri Lanka totaled 302-9 with Tillakaratne Dilshan hittinghis 16th one-day century and second in the series.
Dilshan cracked 12 boundaries to score 125 off 128deliveries and shared a 116-run opening partnership with Kushal Perera, whomade 56, to lay a solid foundation.
Dilshan made an unbeaten 113 in the first match.
Perera's maiden international half-century included a sixand five boundaries.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak led Bangladesh's fightback asthe hosts lost 5-35 halfway through their innings. Razzak finished with 5-62from 10 overs, becoming the first Bangladeshi to 200 ODI wickets.
Offspinner Mahmudullah made the breakthrough for thetourists when he induced Perera to cut straight to a leaping Hossain at point.
Kumar Sangakkara and Dilshan put on 87 for the secondwicket. Sangakkara made 48 with five boundaries before being caught by Haquefor Razzak's first wicket.
Sangakkara's dismissal triggered a collapse in which thehosts lost their last seven wickets for 84.
Sri Lanka won the first match by eight wickets and thesecond match was abandoned because of rain.