Bangladesh failed to impress on their home-ground today. Bangladesh team faced Just 51.3 overs all out with 188 runs on the board in their first innings. Taijul Islam was the top runs-scorer with 47 runs. Litton Das † contributed 25, Khaled Ahmed 22, Shahadat Hossain 18 and Shoriful Islam 15. Vishwa Fernando dismissed four BD batsmen, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara took three wickets each.
36 overs of batting Sri Lanka lost five wickets and scored 119 runs today. Dimuth Karunaratne scored his half century (52 runs off 101 balls he faced). Nishan Madushka 10, Kusal Mendis † 3, Angelo Mathews 22, Dinesh Chandimal has gone with duck. Nahid Rana took two wickets today. Shoriful Islam, Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz these three Bangladeshi bowlers took one wicket each.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Highlights today. Saturday 23-3-2024. 1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh 2024 from Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
BD won the toss and bowl first.
Bangladesh team: 1 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 2 Zakir Hasan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Shahadat Hossain, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Khaled Ahmed, 10 Nahid Rana, 11 Shoriful Islam
Sri Lanka team: 1 Nishan Madushka, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), 7 Kamindu Mendis, 8 Prabath Jayasuriya, 9 Vishwa Fernando, 10 Kasun Rajitha, 11 Lahiru Kumara
Head to Head In Test’s: 24
Bangladesh Won: 1
Sri Lanka Won: 18
Bangladesh Test Rankings: 9th
Sri Lanka Test Rankings: 8th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
Bangladesh LWWWL
Sri Lanka WLLWW
Match Timings: 04:00 AM GMT | 10:00 AM Local
Umpires – Chris Gaffaney, Richard Illingworth
TV Umpire – Rod Tucker
Match Referee – Jeff Crowe
Reserve Umpire – Masudur Rahman
Match number – Test no. 2536
