Yesterday (24th), which was the third day of the first Test cricket match of the visiting Sri Lankan team against Bangladesh, when the match was stopped, they lost 5 wickets for 47 runs in the second innings. Accordingly, chasing a huge target of 510 runs for victory, Bangladesh should have scored 464 runs for victory with only 5 wickets in hand.
Vishwa Fernando was able to catch Mahmudul Hasan Joy's stumping error and Rajitha was able to knock out captain Najmul Hussain Shanto for 6 runs before the scoreboard of Bangladesh entered the field to chase that huge target. After that, Lahiru Kumara, who came on, took out Zakir Hasan, who had scored 19 points, and Vishwa, who came on again, was able to take out Shadat Hussain, who came as the defender of the night.Lithan Das, who jumped forward from the first ball he faced and tried to hit, became Bangladesh's 5th wicket. However, by the time the day ended, Mominul Haque was batting unbeaten with 7 runs and Taijul Islam with 6 runs. While bowling for Sri Lanka, Vishwa Fernando took 3 wickets while Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara shared one wicket each.
In this match held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka scored first on the invitation of the Bangladesh captain who won the toss and scored 280 runs in 68 overs. Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamidu Mendis, who engaged in a brilliant batting, added 202 runs for the 6th wicket. Both Dhananjaya and Kamidu scored 102 points each Collected taking Sri Lanka to a respectable score. It is also special that no other Sri Lankan batsman could reach the 20-run mark in the first innings.
After that, Bangladesh, who launched the first innings, could collect only 188 runs in 51.3 overs. It was notable that the Sri Lankan bowlers did not allow any other batsman to score any significant number of runs except for the 47 runs scored by Taijul Islam who entered the field as the defender. While bowling, Vishwa Fernando took 4 wickets and Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumar shared 3 wickets each.
Sri Lanka's first-order batsmen, who started the second innings with a lead of 92 runs over Bangladesh's first innings, failed once again. Accordingly, in 113 runs, all the 5 Sri Lankan first-order batsmen were back in the stadium, adding some uncertainty. It was also noted that Kamidu Mendis, who once again joined the captain Dhananjaya, built a huge partnership of 173 runs for the 6th wicket, setting a good example for the experienced front-line batsmen.
Here, Kamidu became the first batsman to score two centuries in two innings in the same match, entering the field as a number 7 or lower batsman in Test history. Also, Dhananjaya de Silva became the first Sri Lankan Test captain to score two centuries in two innings of a Test match, adding many new hopes to the Sri Lankan team.Accordingly, Sri Lanka scored 418 runs in 110.4 overs in the second innings, giving Bangladesh a huge target of 510 runs to win.
Score summary
Sri Lanka 1st innings - 280 (68) (Dhananjaya de Silva 102, Kamidu Mendis 102, Dimuth Karunaratne 17, Kusal Mendis 16, Vishwa Fernando 9, Khaled Ahmed 72/3, Nahid Rana 87/3, Shoriful Islam 59/1, Yatijul Islam 31/1)
Bangladesh First Innings - 188 (51.3) (Taijul Islam 47, Lithan Das 25, Shadat Hussain 18, Khaled Ahmed 22, Vishwa Fernando 48/4, Kasun Rajitha 56/3, Lahiru Kumar 31/3)
ḷahiru kumāra 6/1)
Lanka 2nd innings - 418 (110.4) (Kamidu Mendis 164, Dhananjaya de Silva 108, Dimuth Karunaratne 52, Angelo Mathews 22, Prabat Jayasuriya 25, Nishan Madushka 10, Mehedi Hasan Miras 74/4, Nahid Rana 128/2, Taijul Islam 7 5 /2)
Bangladesh Second Innings - 47/5 (13) (Zakir Hasan 19, Mominul Haq 07 not out, Taijul Islam 06 not out, Vishwa Fernando 13/3, Kasun Rajitha 19/1, Lahiru Kumar 6/1)