Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: ODI preview from Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes reaches Group B with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka still to start an ODI at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Friday, 30 October 2026 at 05:20 am. Read this as the pre-match piece: conditions first, then the two XIs, then the contest that decides the day.

Shadman Islam against Kamil Mishara is the matchup this ODI keeps circling back to at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes runs from Friday, 30 October 2026 at 12:45 am to Monday, 2 November 2026 at 11:59 pm. Group B is not a standalone.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: Group B
• Series: Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes
• Format: ODI
• Venue: Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
• Date and time: Friday, 30 October 2026 at 05:20 am
• Status: Yet to start
• Bangladesh: Bangladesh Men T20
• Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Men ODI

The Group B score stays on the live scoreboard.

What Group B does to Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes

If Bangladesh win at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, their XI tends to stay for the next Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes game. If Sri Lanka lose, every low score becomes a selection argument. That is the stake in this 2026 ODI.

Bangladesh want the new ball to ask a question or the top order to survive it. Sri Lanka want the opposite hour. Follow the passage, not only the headline total, on the live page once Group B starts.

What Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong asks of this ODI

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong shows its hand in the first hour. If the new ball moves, the top order has to leave. If it sits up, the opening stand can settle the day before the change bowlers arrive. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka play that surface on this date, not a generic one.

Fifty overs at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong split into a powerplay, a middle, and a death. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka win it in the phase where the fifth bowler is hiding.

Who has to win their hour

Kusal Mendis sets it for Sri Lanka. At Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, that first-hour field is the plan for this ODI.

Bangladesh squad to follow: Shadman Islam (Batsman), Tanzid Hasan (Batsman), Mominul Haque (Batsman), Najmul Hossain Shanto (Batsman), Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicket Keeper), Litton Das (Wicket Keeper), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (All-Rounder), Hasan Mahmud (Bowler).

Sri Lanka squad to follow: Kusal Mendis (Batsman), Kamil Mishara (Bowler), Pathum Nissanka (Batsman), Pavan Rathnayake (Bowler), Sadeera Samarawickrama (Wicket Keeper), Charith Asalanka (Batsman), Wanindu Hasaranga (All-Rounder), Janith Liyanage (Batsman).

Shadman Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Mominul Haque carry the batting job for Bangladesh. Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Pathum Nissanka carry it for Sri Lanka. In this ODI between them at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, one partnership that lasts is worth more than three starts.