2024-03-23 01:38:22
How many colors spread in the green cover of Sylhet in one day. Bat-ball battle is the glory format of cricket in 22 yards of Test cricket. In the beginning, the power of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka’s resistance in between. Then every attack. Finally coming back to Bangladesh. Falling behind again. To describe the whole day there are few things that can be said; Beautiful mornings, gloomy afternoons, afternoons of discomfort after relief. At the end of the day, even if there is an opportunity to be ahead, it is missed. Test match joy is here. Every day is an opportunity to be a hero. Each session has an opportunity to take control of the match. How many colors changed on the first day of the first test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
In the first session, Sri Lanka scored 57 for 5 against the pacers of Bangladesh. The opportunity for the sixth wicket was missed by Mahmudul Hasan Joy’s catch miss. From there the resistance and counter attack of the Lankans. Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis added 202 runs. Both got centuries. Equal 102 runs each. After breaking that resistance, the next 4 wickets are not for 21 runs. In all, their innings ended with 280 runs. Bangladesh have used their own planning and tactics in bowling by keeping the guests below 300. Pacer Khaled Ahmed and anointed Nahid runner took 3 wickets each to lead the team. With Shariful and Taijul taking 1 wicket each.
Despite the catch in the fielding, Bangladesh has maintained its quality in two run outs. But there is no doubt to say that Bangladesh ended the day with discomfort after losing 32 wickets for 3 runs in the late afternoon. As a result, the morning ended as badly as it had started.
The day has started as Bangladesh likes. Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss in rainy conditions and proceeded calmly. Shanta did not think twice about taking the bowling. After nine years, Bangladesh’s match plan became clear after winning the toss and fielding. With three pacers and two spinners, the team has made it clear that they want to control the pace of the match. That’s how it started.
Two of the opening five batsmen of the Lankans could not cross the twenty mark, three were out in single digits. Khaled caught Nishan Madushanka at slip in his first over. Then in the same over, his victims were Kushal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne. Mendis pokes the ball outside his offstump and takes the catch at point. Karunaratne was bold without understanding the ball. Angelo Mathews’ innings was then halted by Shantar’s direct throw, run out. Left-arm pacer Shariful Islam did not do much in his first spell. However, in the second spell, he took the wicket of Dinesh Chandimal in a great plan. Chandimal was dismissed by Miraj at leg slip. Sri Lanka 5 wickets for 57 runs.
The number could have been 6 in the next ball. If Mahmudul Hasan Joy could have caught the new batsman Kamindu Mendis. That catch changed the picture of the day. After settling down, Mendis and Dhananjaya scored runs in every attack. Nahid Rana, who debuted as Bangladesh’s number 103 Test player, was expensive from the start. He was brought into the team as a fast bowler. On the fifth ball of the first over, he bowled at a speed of 145.5. After that, he bowled at 144, 145 pace. But there was considerable deficiency in line and length. Mendis and Dhananjaya made quick use of the opportunity.
He took the century in the blink of an eye after the fifty. Nahid returned to Swarup in the last session. Mendis got a taste of success when his bounced ball was caught behind the wicket. Dhananjaya then caught his short ball at mid-wicket. Both were out for 102 runs. Then the fast bowler also took the wicket of Prabhath Jayasuriya. At that time, today’s maximum fireball of 146.3 km came out of his hand. In the end, Bangladesh got relief in bowling by stopping them for 280 runs, but the hosts lost the day with miserable batting in the late afternoon.
Zakir Hasan and Nazmul Hossain were LBW in consecutive overs by Biswa Fernando. None of them could live with the reviews. Kashun Rajita struck the final blow in the Bangladesh camp. In this match, Bangladesh’s most experienced cricketer Muminul Haque (59 Tests) returned to the dressing room with a catch at slip. Losing 3 wickets for 31 runs, Bangladesh added 1 more run and ended the day in a shaky position. They are still behind by 248 runs. If you want to change the fate of the match, you will have to fight hard on the second day. Otherwise catch miss and bad start in batting should be charged.