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Bangladesh score upset one-day win
 Bangladesh players celebrate the dismissal of Kumar Sangakkara. BOGRA, Bangladesh -- Underdogs Bangladesh scored their first win over Sri Lanka with victory in the second one-day international in Bogra on Wednesday. A half century by Mohammad Ashraful and his 63 run fourth-wicket partnership with captain Habibul Bashar inspired Bangladesh to a four wicket triumph to level the series at 1-1. The upset came after 15 previous limited-overs and five Test matches between the two sides. It was only Bangladesh's 10th win in 116 one-day internationals. Bangladesh began their innings -- after restricting the visitors to 212 -- with the loss of opener Shahriar Nafees (17), who was caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara off Dilhara Fernando. Farveez Maharoof then trapped super-sub Rajin Saleh (6) lbw, before Javed opener Javed Omar was also dismissed lbw at 40 by Malinga Bandara with Bangladesh on 91. Ashraful and Bashar's 63-run partnership edged Bangladesh's total to 154, with Ashraful's 50 coming off 68 balls with four boundaries. Bangladesh then lost two quick wickets in successive overs, when Bashar (33) was caught at long-on trying to hit one over the boundary off Sanath Jayasuriya, followed by Ashraful (51), who was dismissed in a similar manner by Hasantha Fernando. Aftab Ahmed and Alok Kapali picked up the reins, with a crucial 51 run partnership to lift the score to 206, before Kapali (18) was dismissed by Dilhara Fernando. Khaled Mashud (2) joined Ahmed (32) to seal the historic victory to the delight of a 20,000 capacity crowd in the Shaheed Chandu Stadium. Ahmed's 32 off 21 balls, with two boundaries and one six, earned him the man of the match title. The hosts won the toss and elected to field first on a moist pitch, as morning fog delayed the start of the match by half an hour and each innings was curtailed to 49 overs. Sri Lanka opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya's top scored for the visitors with 96 off 110 balls, with eight boundaries and one six before Rafique dismissed him lbw. He was earlier dropped on just two by Nazmul Hossain. Syed Rasel, Alok Kapali and Mohammad Rafique took two wickets each as Bangladesh got off to a good start with the disputed dismissal of Sri Lankan opener Jehan Mubarak, who was caught behind by Khaled Mashud off Syed Rasel. Wicketkeeper Mashud also caught Kumar Sangakkara (23) off Rasel. Spin bowler Rafique then dismissed Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene, who was caught for five at short fine leg by Habibul Bashar. Kapali, who returned to the team after a year of poor form, had Chamara Kapugedera caught by Mashud at 13, before he claimed Tillakaratne Dilshan caught and bowled for three. Aftab Ahmed followed with the wicket of Hasantha Fernando (3), trapped lbw. Bashar took a good catch to dismiss Farveez Maharoof (21) off Mashrafee Bin Mortaza, while Malinga Bandara (18) was run out off Rasel and Dilhara Fernando was caught by Mohammad Ashraful off Nazmul Hossain. Sri Lanka won the first match of the series by five wickets on Monday. The deciding match of the series will be played on Saturday in Chittagong. Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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