2024-04-05 07:35:58
Mehdi Hasan Miraj put up a great fight at one end. He was playing very fluently. He reached 81 runs off 14 fours after playing 110 balls. But he had to stop in this run due to lack of partner. To be deprived of the second century of the career. Bangladesh stopped at 318 runs in the second innings with his bat. The hosts lost in the second test by a big margin of 192 runs. Khaled Ahmed was dismissed as the last batsman by Lahiru Kumara. He was bowled for a personal 2 runs off 8 balls.
Muminul Haque scored a fifty in this innings without Miraj. Besides, Liton Das scored 38 runs, Shakib Al Hasan scored 36 runs, Mahmudul Hasan Joy scored 24 runs and Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 20 runs.
Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets with the ball. Kamindu Mendis took 3 wickets. 2 wickets go to Prabhath Jayasuriya. Vishwa Fernando took the other wicket.
Kamindu Mendis was the man of the match with 92 with the bat and 3 wickets with the ball. And he became the best in the series with 367 runs and 3 wickets.
Summary Score:
Sri Lanka: 531/10 and 157/7 Dec.
Bangladesh: 178/10 and 318/10
Results: Sri Lanka won by 192 runs,
Series: Sri Lanka 2-0 Bangladesh
Man of the Match: Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka),
Best of Series: Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka).
Bangladesh lost ninth wicket:
Bangladesh lost the ninth wicket after the team’s 312 runs. Hasan Mahmood was caught by Biswa Fernando off Lahiru Kumara’s ball. 6 runs came from his bat off 25 balls with 1 four. He added 31 runs to the team collection with Mirage in the ninth wicket partnership. Mirage is unbeaten on 77 runs. Khaled Ahmed joined him as a new batsman.
Bangladesh score 300 with Mirage’s bat:
Bangladesh has crossed 300 with the bat of Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Mirage is batting with 69 runs off 11 fours off 98 balls. Hasan Mahmud is batting with him for 6 runs off 21 balls. At the end of 81 overs, Bangladesh’s total was 304 for 8 wickets. 207 runs behind Sri Lanka.
Taijul’s farewell after Miraj’s fifty:
Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who was unbeaten on 44 on the fourth day, picked up his fifty at the start of the fifth day today. He touched the sixth fifty of his Test career in 8 fours after playing 62 balls. However, Taijul Islam, another unbeaten batsman of the previous day, departed soon after Miraj’s fifty. Taijul, who started the day with 10 runs, returned home with a catch by Biswa Fernando off Kamindu Mendis for 14 runs. He added 38 runs to the team collection for the eighth wicket with Mirage.
At the end of 72 overs, Bangladesh scored 281 for 8 wickets. 230 runs behind Sri Lanka. Mirage is batting on 52 runs. Hasan Mahmud is at zero runs with him.
Start of fifth day’s play:
The fifth day of Bangladesh-Sri Lanka 2nd Test has started at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong from 10 am. Chasing the target of 511 runs set by Sri Lanka, Bangladesh ended the fourth day with 268 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. It was behind by 243 runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj was unbeaten with 44 and Taijul Islam with 10 runs. They both came out to bat on the fifth day today.