Dhaka, July 1 -- Bangladesh will look to usher in a new era in their ODI cricket when they take on a confident Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match series at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.

Under the leadership of newly-appointed ODI captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh are set to begin a new era.

Bangladesh will play this series without any of the five veterans who defined their white-ball legacy-Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, and Mashrafe Mortaza.

This will be the first time since 2005 that Bangladesh plays an ODI without any of those names.

The recent retirement of Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah leaves the middle order lacking experience. Bangladesh's last ODI series saw both players still in the...