The scene of Bangladesh's batting collapse in Tests is very familiar. It is not at all surprising that Bangladesh were all out before 200 in the second Test of the series in Chittagong. The Lankans are once again standing in front of Bangladesh with a goal equal to the hills.
The scene of Bangladesh's batting collapse in Tests is very familiar. It is not at all surprising that Bangladesh were all out before 200 in the second Test of the series in Chittagong. The Lankans are once again standing in front of Bangladesh with a goal equal to the hills.
In the Chittagong Test, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have arranged a series of catch misses. The Lankans made a mountain of 531 runs in the first innings by taking advantage of the mistakes of the Bangladesh fielders. Bangladesh were all out for 178 runs. Sri Lanka batted again in the second innings despite the hosts having a chance to follow on. The Lankans ended the third day's play today with a lead of 455 runs. The visitors lost 6 wickets, of which Bangladesh's debutant pacer Hasan Mahmood took 4 wickets.
In the second innings, Sri Lanka's opening pair collapsed for 12 runs. Dimuth Karunaratne got bowled while cutting Hasan Mahmud on the fifth ball of the second over. Karunaratne scored 4 runs off 5 balls. After breaking the opening pair, Kushal Mendis (2 runs) who came down to bat at number three, was out in single digits. Mendis went to drive Khaled Ahmed's full length ball on the fifth ball of the third over. Inside edge, the ball hits the stumps.
2 for 15 Sri Lanka's score could have been 34 for 3. But that did not happen due to Bangladesh's fielding failure. Angelo Mathews went to defend Hasan's ball in the first ball of the eighth over. The edged ball reached the hands of Shahadat Hossain Dipur at first slip but he could not palm it. Mathews's run was 7. The third wicket of the Lankans fell in the team's 60 runs. Nishan Madushka went to cut Hasan with point on the third ball of the 13th over. But Mehedi Hasan Miraj took the catch at extra cover. Madushka scored 34 runs off 45 balls with 5 fours. Madushka and Mathews made a pair of 45 runs off 60 balls for the third wicket.
Mathews, who is playing on one end, watches the procession of teammates coming and going. To say that Hasan is dancing Sri Lanka alone. The aggressive batting of the Lankan batsmen is responsible here. Dinesh Chandimal hits Hasan with fine leg for four in the third ball of the 15th over. Chandimal went to cut the next ball. Dipu palmed the edged ball at first slip. Chandimal scored 9 runs off 7 balls with 2 fours. At the break of one over, Hasan returned the Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva. Dhananjaya was caught in the palm of the wicketkeeper Liton Das while delivering. Sri Lanka's score was 78 for 5 in 16.3 overs when the Lankan skipper was dismissed for 1 run.
Kamindu Mendis came in to bat at number seven after half the Sri Lankan batsmen returned to the pavilion. Kamindu scored fifty runs in three consecutive innings in the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh. Kamindu scored 11 runs this time. Kamindu went to cut Khaled with the last ball of the 20th over. The umpire did not respond when the wicketkeeper Liton appealed after the catch. When Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto reviews it, it can be seen that there is an edge. The Lankans scored 89 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Prabhath Jayasuriya came in to bat at number eight. Jayasuriya-Mathews did not allow the Lankans any more danger. In the second innings, the Lankans ended the third day's play with
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