Karunaratne keeps Sri Lanka in control against Bangladesh
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Karunaratne held firm to score 52 off 101 balls before his dismissal off Shoriful Islam in the day’s final session. Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva, who scored 102 runs in the first innings, was batting on 23 alongside Vishwa Fernando on two. Debutant Nahid Rana dismissed Nishan Madushka (10) and Kusal Mendis (three).
Spinners Tajiul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz removed Angelo Mathews (22) and Dinesh Chandimal (0) respectively to give Bangladesh some hope, with the tourists teetering on 64-4 before Karunaratne’s rally.
Fernando claimed four wickets in Bangladesh’s first innings of 188 while Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha each took three. Nightwatchman Taijul Islam top-scored with a career-best 47 for the hosts who resumed on 32-3.
Kumara struck with his first ball of the innings when he forced overnight batsman Mahmudul Hasan (12) to edge to de Silva at second slip. Shahadat Hossain played a few attacking shots before he fell to Kumara in the same manner for 18. Taijul and Liton Das added 41 runs for the sixth wicket before Kumara struck again.
A late swinger knocked back Liton’s middle stump, sending him to the pavilion for 25 after a brief spell at the crease punctuated by four boundaries. Taijul was out off Rajitha after nicking the ball behind the stumps to wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis.
Rajitha also removed the last recognised batsman Mehidy Hasan for 11, leaving the bottom order to cut the deficit as much as possible. Khaled Ahmed and Shoriful Islam obliged, hitting four sixes between them.
Fernando ended their 40-run partnership when he removed Shoriful for 15 and wrapped up the innings in his next over by sending back Khaled for 22. Sri Lanka made 280 runs in their first innings on the first day thanks to centuries from de Silva and Kamindu Mendis, who both scored 102.
Sri Lanka have never lost a Test series to Bangladesh. The second and final match of the series will be played in Chittagong from March 30.
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| Sri Lanka first innings 280 all out (68) (Dhananjaya de Silva 102, Kamindu Mendis 102; Khaled Ahmed 3/72, Nahid Rana 3/87) Bangladesh first innings (overnight 32-3) Mahmudul Hasan Joy c de Silva b Kumara 12 Zakir Hasan lbw b Fernando 09 Najmul Hossain lbw b Fernando 05 Mominul Haque c Kamindu b Rajitha 05 Taijul Islam c Mendis b Rajitha 47 Shahadat Hossain c de Silva b Kumara 18 Liton Das b Kumara 25 Mehedy Hasan Miraz c Madushka b Rajitha 11 Shoriful Islam c and b Fernando 15 Khaled Ahmed c Mendis b Fernando 22 Nahid Rana not out 00 Extras (b9, lb7, nb2, w1) 19 Total (all out; 51.3 overs) 188 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Zakir), 2-17 (Najmul), 3-31 (Mominul), 4-53 (Mahmudul), 5-83 (Shahadat), 6-124 (Liton), 7-140 (Taijul), 8-147 (Mehidy), 9-187 (Shoriful), 10-188 (Khaled) Bowling: Vishwa Fernando 15.3-2-48-4, Kasun Rajitha 16-3-56-3, Lahiru Kumara 12-1-31-3, Prabath Jayasuriya 7-1-33-0, Dhananjaya de Silva 1-0-4-0 Sri Lanka second innings Nishan Madushka c Liton b Rana 10 Dimuth Karunaratne c Rana b Shoriful 52 Kusal Mendis c Liton b Rana 03 Aangelo Matthews c Liton b Taijul 22 Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Mehidy 00 Dhananjaya de Silva not out 23 Vishwa Fernando not out 02 Extras (b4, lb2, nb1) 07 Total (5 wickets; 36 overs) 119 To bat: Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Madushka), 2-32 (Kusal), 3-60 (Mathews), 4-64 (Chandimal), 5-113 (Karunaratne) Bowling: Shoriful Islam 11-1-27-1, Khaled Ahmed 7-1-27-0, Nahid Rana 10-0-42-2, Taijul Islam 6-2-12-1, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2-1-5-1 |