2024-03-23 15:54:08
Despite keeping Sri Lanka within three hundred runs at the beginning of the day, Bangladesh did not get off to a good start in the first innings due to batting failure. After bowling out Sri Lanka for 280 runs, the hosts lost 3 wickets for 32 runs
Bangladesh will start the second day’s game trailing by 248 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Zakir Hasan left to bat in the last hour at the start of the umpire’s call. After that, Nazmul Hossain Shanto took the way to the dressing room in the same way. Experienced Muminul Haque could not last long There are 3 wickets of Bangladesh not even after 30.
In the end, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Taijul Islam did not allow any more danger. Joy will start the new day’s game with 9 runs off 34 balls and Taijul 0 runs off 1 ball.
Nazmul in the dressing room on the way to Zakir
Two wickets in two consecutive overs. Bangladesh got off to a disappointing start chasing Sri Lanka’s innings. Nazmul Hossain couldn’t read the ball after pitching outside the off-stump. Strong appeal to hit the pad. The umpire raised his finger. There was no benefit with the review. Nazmul returned with 5 runs off 10 balls.
Bangladesh collected 17 runs for 2 wickets in 5 overs Two batsmen Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Muminul Haque at the crease.
Zakir’s departure on the umpire’s call
Vishwa Fernando’s delivery was bowled by Zakir Hasan while playing onside. As soon as he hit the pad, the umpire raised his finger. Zakir took the review after thinking for a while.
It can be seen in the replay, the ball is pitched in the right place but the umpires call during the wickets. And in that, the left-handed opener returned with 9 runs in 8 balls with 2 fours.
Sri Lanka stopped at 280 runs against the Bangladeshi pacers
First the Bangladesh pacers cannon, in between the reign of two Lankan batsmen, at the end again the power of Bangladeshi bowlers-fielders. Even after two centuries, Sri Lanka’s first innings stopped at 280 after losing the last 5 wickets in the last 21 runs.
After losing 5 wickets for 57 runs at the beginning of the innings, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis made Sri Lanka’s highest partnership of 202 runs against Bangladesh in the sixth wicket. Both reached personal centuries and got out with 102 runs.
Debutant Nahid Rana and Syed Khaled Ahmed took 3 wickets each for Bangladesh. Taijul Islam took a wicket.
Taijul’s injury after Pacers’ cannon, Fernando’s departure
The power of Bangladeshi pacers throughout Sri Lanka’s innings. It was not a regular scene. The spinners were not getting any wickets. Taijul Islam broke that drought. Cut behind his hanging delivery for 9 off 19 balls
World Fernando. Sri Lanka lost the ninth wicket for 278 runs. The last pair at the crease is Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara.
Third hit by Rana, back goes Jayasuriya
Nahid Rana is becoming more and more formidable after bowling sloppily in the beginning. This anointed pacer took 3 wickets in three consecutive overs. His first two victims were the two centurions Kamindu Mendis and the Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva. Prabhath Jayasuriya was caught in the runner’s trap as the third wicket.
Rana also returned Dhananjaya after Kamindu
Kamindu returned Mendis in the previous over. The pair of two hundred runs was broken. After Mendis, Nahid Rana also returned Dhananjaya de Silva. The anointed pacer returned Bangladesh to the match by returning two sets of batsmen from Sri Lanka.
Dhananjaya De Silva was caught at deep square leg trying to pull a runner bouncer. The Sri Lankan captain scored 102 runs off 131 balls with 12 fours and 1 six before returning. Sri Lanka collected 265 runs for 7 wickets in 59 overs. The two batsmen at the crease are Prabath Jayasuriya and Kasun Rajitha.
Kamindu returned as a runner after reaching the century
was set He also scored a century. However, Kamindu Mendis, who hit a century by hitting Nahid Rana for four on the previous ball, departed on the next ball. This batsman was captured by Lytton by punching without understanding the speed of the run.
The left-hander scored 102 runs off 127 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes before returning. His 202-run partnership with Dhananjaya de Silva broke on his departure. Which is Sri Lanka’s highest for eighth wicket against Bangladesh.
Dhananjaya-Kamindu’s second session of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka lost their first wicket by 3 runs. He then lost four more wickets to go from 40 to 57 runs. In other words, Sri Lanka lost 5 wickets for 57 runs. Captain Dhananjaya pulled the team from there. He was accompanied by Kamindu Mendis. The two of them put up a great resistance by picking up 160 runs in the sixth wicket. The Lankans went into the tea break with 217 runs for 5 wickets to 57 for 5 wickets.
Dhananjaya is unbeaten on 83 runs with 9 fours and 1 six and Kamindu is unbeaten on 75 runs with 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Dhananjaya-Kamindur Sri Lanka’s resistance with the bat:
Sri Lanka lost 5 wickets for 57 runs and resisted with the bat of captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis. By the sixth wicket, they have already added 113 runs to the team’s total in 21 overs. Sri Lanka’s total has crossed 170. Both picked up fifty. Dhananjaya is batting with 60 runs in 8 fours and Kamindu 52 runs in 6 fours. Sri Lanka collected 170 for 5 after 37.4 overs.
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in first session:
Bangladesh has taken the first session very well. They took 5 wickets of Sri Lanka for 57 runs. Then captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis made a partnership of 35 runs for the sixth wicket. The Lankans went to the mid-day break after losing 5 wickets in 22 overs in the first session with the bat of both of them. Dhananjaya is unbeaten on 25 and Kamindu on 11 runs. Khaled Ahmed took 3 wickets and Shariful Islam took 1 wicket. One wicket came from a run out.
Sri Lanka 5 wickets short of 57 runs:
Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl. Khaled Ahmed proved his decision correct. Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets for 47 runs off his bowling. Khaled took three wickets. One run out of his over.
Then Shariful Islam hit the Sri Lankan camp. Dinesh Chandimal returned with a catch in the hands of Miraj after the team scored 57 runs. He scored 9 runs off 13 balls. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis are batting.
Sri Lanka in Khaled’s batting disaster:
Sri Lanka lost their first wicket in the third run. Khaled returns Nishan Madushka. Then Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne made a partnership of 37 runs for the second wicket. Khaled broke this pair in the twelfth over. He returned Kusal with the second ball of the over and Dimuth with the sixth ball. Then came in the fourteenth over and brought Bangladesh a wicket again. Dinesh Chandimal calls Mathews to take the run after pushing his fourth ball off side. But Nazmul Hossain Shantar’s throw broke the wicket before Mathews reached it. Mathews returned with 5 runs in 1 four. And Sri Lanka lost the fourth wicket by 47 runs.
Khaled’s two victims in one over:
Khaled Ahmed took the first wicket in the second over. Then he picked up a pair of wickets in the twelfth over. Mendis was gifted with the palm of Zakir Hasan in the second ball. Then another set batsman Dimuth bowled Karunaratne in the sixth ball. He got out with 17 runs in 1 four after playing 37 balls. Khaled pocketed all the three wickets of Shrinka.
Now Khaled’s victim Kusl:
After the second over, Khaled hit the Sri Lankan camp again in the twelfth over. Kusal couldn’t decide whether to play his extra bounce ball or not. Finally tried to cut. But the ball touched his bat and caught the palm of Zakir Hasan. This wicketkeeper batsman scored 16 runs in 2 fours.
Khaled struck early in Sri Lanka camp:
Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed hit the Sri Lankan camp in the beginning. He returned Nishan Madushka with the last ball of the second over. Nishan was caught by Mehedi Hasan Miraj at third slip as he edged the ball. 2 runs come from his bat. The Lankans lost their first wicket by 3 team runs.
Bangladesh won the toss and fielded Nahid Rana’s debut:
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka first test starts today in Sylhet. Already tossed. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto won the toss. He, however, decided to field. The match will start at 10 am. Nahid Runner, the pacer who created a storm of speed in domestic cricket and BPL, is making his debut for Bangladesh today.
Nahid is the fastest bowler in Bangladesh cricket now. Pace is his bowling weapon. In the last BPL, he surprised everyone by bowling at a speed of 149.7 kmph. He also showed his ability by bowling 145-147 km regularly. His dream of playing in the national team was fulfilled by the magic of speed.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have met 24 times before in Tests. Among them, Bangladesh won once. Sri Lanka won 18 times. Five tests have been drawn. Sri Lanka also won the last Test series in 2022. It remains to be seen whether Bangladesh can increase the number of Test wins and series wins against the Lankans at home.
Sri Lanka XI:
Nishan Madushka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabhath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara.
Bangladesh XI:
Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Muminul Haque, Shahadat Hossain, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Nahid. Rana and Shariful Islam.