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Pathum Nisanka played the biggest innings of her Test career.
On the third day of the first Test on the basis of Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nisanka’s century, the team scored 368 runs losing 4 wickets. Bangladesh now has a lead of 127 runs on the basis of first innings in the Gaul Test. Kamindu Mendis and captain Dhananjay D. Silva have returned unbeaten from Sri Lanka after stumps.
27 -year -old Nisanka batted brilliantly and scored 187 runs. With the help of this innings, he also completed one thousand runs of his Test career.
Earlier, the Bangladeshi team scored 495 runs in the first inning thanks to the century of captain Najmul Hussain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim. Asitha Fernando from Sri Lanka got 4 wickets, Milan Rathnayake and Tharaindu Rathnayake 3-3 wickets.
Nisanka hit 23 fours and a six
Nisanka started the innings with debutant Lahiru Udara. The two together added 47 runs. After this Udara was dismissed by Taizul Islam on 29. After Udara was dismissed, Dinesh Chandimal came out to play, he put a brilliant fifty and returned to the pavilion after scoring 54 runs on 119 balls. Chandimal and Nisanka jointly shared a century partnership for the second wicket and added 157 runs on 238 balls.
Nisanka added 47 runs with Lahiru Udara for the first wicket.
Angelo Mathews, playing the last match of his Test career, scored 39 runs. He added 89 runs for the third wicket while supporting Nisanka. Pathum Niskanka batted fast after Matthews was dismissed. She strengthened Sri Lanka’s innings by scoring 187 runs in 256 balls. During this innings, he also hit 23 fours and 1 six. He was dismissed by Hasan Mahmood.
Pathum Nisanka scored a brilliant 187 runs.
One wicket each for Hasan, Naeem, Taizul and Mominul
Hasan Mahmood, Naeem Hasan, Taizul Islam and Mominul Haq from Bangladesh got one wicket each. Hasan Mahmood bowled Shatakveer Pathum Nisanka. Taizul Islam dismissed Lahiru Udara and Naeem Hasan dismissed Dinesh Chandimal. Mominul Haq caught Angelo Mathews out of wicketkeeper Litton Das.
Angelo Mathews is playing his last Test match.
Bangladesh started poorly
The Bangladeshi team started to bat on the first day. The team lost the wicket of opener Anamul Haq for just 5 runs. After this, Shadaman Islam and Mominul Haq took the innings and added 34 runs on 64 balls. Shadman returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs. Mominul scored 29 runs with the help of 4 fours.
Shadman was dismissed for 14 runs on 53 balls.
Shanto and Mushfiqur add 264 runs
After Mominul’s dismissal, Najmul and Mushfiqur, who came to batting, batted brilliantly and added 264 runs for the fourth wicket. Shanto scored a brilliant 148 runs, scoring a century. He hit 15 fours and a six in his innings. Mushfiqur Rahim, who is batting at the other end with him, scored the 12th century of his Test career. He scored 163 runs. Rahim hit 9 fours in his innings. Litton Das batted brilliantly and was dismissed by 90 runs.
Celebrating Shantio after scoring the sixth century of your Test career.
Mushfiqur Rahim hit the 12th century of his career.
Asitha Fernando takes 4 wickets
Pesar Asitha Fernando dismissed 4 Bangladesh batsmen. At the same time, Thaharindu Rathnayake, playing the first match of Test career, sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion. He dismissed Shadman Islam on the last ball of the 15th over. After this, Mominul Haq was dismissed on the first ball of the 17th over. Thaharindu can bowling with both hands. Apart from him, Milan Rathnayake also got 3 wickets. Lahiru Udara is also debuting for Sri Lanka.
Tharindu Ratnayake bowled his initial 16 overs of spin. He then bowled left arm spin.
For Sri Lanka, 2 players are making debut from this test. Taharindu Rathnayake on the left side with Lahiru Ulla Test Cap on the right side.
