The home team Sri Lanka scored 493 runs in their first innings with seven wickets down, and their team’s captain Dimuth Karunaratne declared their innings. Bangladesh faced 83 overs and scored 251 runs all out. The opener of the team Tamim Iqbal scored 92 runs off 150 balls and out by Jayawickrama. Saif Hassan added 25 runs to his team’s scoreboard. Najmul Hossain Shanto, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam these all three Bangladeshi batsmen were gone with ducks. Mominul Haque (c) scored 49, Mushfiqur Rahim 40, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 16, Liton Das † 18, Taijul Islam 9.
SL vs BD Highlights today Saturday, 1-5-2021 – 2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and chose to bat first.
Sri Lanka team: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Pathum Nissanka, 7 Niroshan Dickwella, 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Vishwa Fernando, 11 Praveen Jayawickrama.
Bangladesh team: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Liton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Abu Jayed.
Match Timings: 04:30 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Kumar Dharmasena, Ruchira Palliyaguruge
TV Umpires – Raveendra Wimalasiri
Match Referee – Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire – Prageeth Rambukwella
Match number – Test no. 2419
