Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam broke the opening stand of Sri Lanka at 47 on the third morning of the Galle Test, following Bangladesh’s first innings total of 495.
Pathum Nissanka and debutant Lahiru Udara made 47 runs quickly in the opening stand. Udara was the first to fall. It was a soft dismissal with a return catch to the bowler Taijul.
Bangladesh were at 484 for nine at the end of day two. They fell short of five runs from posting 500.
The highlights of Bangladesh’s innings were the centuries of Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto, and Litton Das’s 90.
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For Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando, Milan Rathnayake, and Tharindu Rathnayake shared nine wickets equally among them. Tharindu is making his Test debut with this match.
Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have kicked off their new cycle of the World Test Championship with this Test.