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Asitha Fernando finished with a career-best 6-51 as Sri Lanka thrashed hosts Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second Test on Friday to win the series 1-0. The visitors bowled out Bangladesh for 169 runs in their second innings with the 24-year-old playing a starring role at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva each hit a fifty and put on a 102-run partnership to keep Sri Lanka going strong in the rain-hit second Test against Bangladesh on Wednesday. Mathews remained unbeaten on 58 after de Silva went out with the same score to take Sri Lanka to 282-5 at stumps on the third day, still trailing Bangladesh by 83 runs. Rain washed out entire post-lunch session but the duo stepped up their scoring rate to make up for lost time, with de Silva striking nine fours before Shakib Al Hasan got his wicket. The right-hander, who faced 95 balls, was initially given not out on a caught-behind appeal before Bangladesh successfully reviewed.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 3 Live Updates:Bangladesh got off to a good start with the ball on Day 3 of the second Test against Sri Lanka, with the wickets of nightwatchman Kasun Rajitha and opposition skipper Dimuth Karunaratne. The latter was a big wicket for Bangladesh, with Karunaratne scoring a hard-fought 80 before falling to Shakib Al Hasan. The wickets saw Sri Lanka reduced to 164/4, still trailing the hosts by 201 runs. On Day 2, Oshada Fernando scored 57 as the Sri Lanka openers put on a 95-run stand, before he fell to Ebadot Hossain. Shakib then got Kusal Mendis before Ebadot got rid of nightwatchman Rajitha on Day 3. Bangladesh posted a score of 365, with Mushfiqur Rahim (175*) and Litton Das (141) rescuing them from 24/5. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada Fernando each hit a fifty as Sri Lanka gave Bangladesh a fitting reply in the second Test in Dhaka on Tuesday. Both men took the crease after Kasun Rajitha claimed his maiden five-wicket haul, dispatching the hosts for 365, and helped guide the tourists to 143-2 at stumps on the second day. Oshada was out for 57 runs while Karunaratne remained unbeaten on 70, as Sri Lanka trail Bangladesh by 222 overnight.
Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis has been cleared to continue play in the ongoing second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka after complaining of chest pain that required hospital treatment. Mendis left the field during the 23rd over of the Bangladesh innings as he felt pain in his chest and was taken to a hospital for diagnosis immediately.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das hit centuries and shared a record stand to turn the tide for Bangladesh in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Monday after a disastrous start. At stumps, Liton was unbeaten with a career-best 135 with Mushfiqur on 115, his second hundred in as many innings, as Bangladesh reached 277-5 on the first day after electing to bat at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The pair added 253 in their unbroken sixth-wicket stand after Sri Lanka's pace bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Asitha Fernando shared five wickets between them to leave Bangladesh in tatters on 24-5 in a chaotic first hour of play.
With the two-match series level at 0-0, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would enter the second Test with the hopes of winning the series. The second Test between both these sides will begin on Monday and the match would be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The first Test had ended in a draw and it was Angelo Mathews who starred for Sri Lanka as he scored 199 in the first innings. In the World Test Championship standings, Sri Lanka are fifth in the table while Bangladesh are in the eighth spot.
Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim is all set to miss the West Indies tour starting in June due to the Hajj pilgrimage. Bangladesh are likely to travel to the West Indies on June 5 and will be playing 2 Tests, 3 T20Is and as many ODIs against the host. As per ESPNCricinfo, Bangladesh Cricket Board has granted leave to the veteran batter so that he can perform Hajj. "He informed us before the Sri Lanka series that he wants to perform Hajj this year," ESPNcricinfo quotes Jalal Yunus, BCB's cricket operations chairman as saying.