Bangladesh face defeat due to batting failure

A huge target of 511 runs. There is no record of winning by chasing so many runs in the history of cricket. If you win it will be a new world record. Shanta-Liton-Zakirs may have thought of making that record. So they got busy hitting four-sixes on the wicket. By the end of the afternoon, half of the batter is in the dressing room.

SBS Desk

March 24, 2024

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Bangladesh face defeat due to batting failure

Bangladesh trailed by 464 runs at the end of the third day of the first Test match of the series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Chasing the target of 511 runs, five Tiger batsmen were dismissed after batting only 13 overs in the fourth innings after scoring 47 runs. Earlier, Sri Lanka's second innings ended on 418 runs. They got a lead of 92 runs in the first innings.

In the first over of the innings, Jai went back to the chase. The young opener missed the line when Vishwa Fernando flicked it to middle stump. The umpire responded to the appeal of the Lankans. But Joy took the review. No profit. He left empty-handed. It was his sixth clean sheet in his 12-match career.

Captain Shanto came to the wicket after the victory. The team that lost the victory in the previous over is far from catching up, played a shot without knowledge. Kasun Rajithar kept it well outside the off-stump when he stood up and went for a drive, but it hit the outside edge of the bat and went to Dimuth Karunaratne at first slip. Shanta scored 6 runs off 5 balls.

After losing 2 wickets for the team's 9 runs, Zakir paired with experienced batsman Muminul Haque. Quickly made a pair of 27 runs. However, it was not too late for Zakir to pay the penalty for playing extra shots. The left-handed opener went into play when Lahiru Kumara kept it outside the offstump. The outside edge of the bat goes into the gloves of wicketkeeper Kushal Mendis. He scored 19 runs off 22 balls.

After Zakir's departure, another young Shahadat Hossain Dipu took the wicket. But only three balls survived. He went to defend Fernando's back of the length ball. But it stuck to the edge of the bat and went into the wicketkeeper's gloves. Kushal took a great catch by jumping. He also could not open the account of the run.

It is quite difficult to explain cricketingly what Liton Das did after coming down the wicket. Bemalum has forgotten about the situation of the party. He even forgot the difference between red ball and white ball. Left the wicket on the first ball and went for a six. Angelo Mathews' palm is lifted in the sky with bare hands. Bangladesh has started to see a big loss in that.

After that, Taijul Islam came to the wicket as a night watchman with Muminul. In the first innings, he alone resisted. Even today, Bangladesh is looking at him. He spent the rest of the day. He is unbeaten with 6 runs from 14 balls. Muminul is unbeaten on 7 runs with him.

Similar to the first innings, Sri Lanka took a big lead in the second innings with double centuries by Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis. In the first innings, both the batsmen scored 102 runs at an average of 202 runs in the sixth wicket pair. On this day, however, he made a pair of 173 runs. But both the batsmen surpassed the first innings score. Although Dhananjaya was stopped at 108 runs, Kamindu finally batted and played an innings of 164 runs.

However, Dhananjaya had many opportunities to return. He scored personal 94 and 101 runs. However, the Lankan captain was caught by Zakir Hasan at short mid-wicket while Mehdi Hasan was pulling Miraj's ball. He played an innings of 108 runs in 179 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Then Kamindu got out as the last batsman with a partnership of 67 runs with Prabhat Jayasuriya. Played a great innings of 164 runs. This batsman hit 16 fours and 6 sixes to complete the innings of 237 balls. Besides, 25 runs came from the bat of Jayasuriya. Miraj took 4 wickets at the cost of 74 runs for Bangladesh. Besides, Nahid and Taijul got 2 wickets each.