Injured pacer Mashrafe Mortaza was left out of the 14-member Bangladesh squad for the two-match Test series against India starting from January 17 in Chittagong.
Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya won the toss and elected to field against Bangladesh, in an inconsequential Champions Trophy qualifying match.
Muttiah Muralitharan became the second man in history to claim 700 Test wickets as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by an innings and 193 runs in the third and final Test.
Eighteen--year-old Ishant Sharma was handed his Test debut. He replaced V R V Singh, who failed to make any impression in the first Test at Chittagong.
Sri Lanka were 449 for 7 against Bangladesh at close on the opening day of the second and final Test.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers for the Bangladesh team from World Cups.
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