The home team Sri Lanka is going on and on in their first innings. In the first two days, 155.5 overs had been bowled and 469 runs on the board with six wickets down. The captain and also the opener of the team Dimuth Karunaratne faced 190 balls and he scored 118 runs. He smashed 15 boundaries in his complete innings.
Lahiru Thirimanne scored 140 runs off 298 deliveries. Oshada Fernando added 81 runs to his team’s scorecard. Angelo Mathews out by scoring just five runs. Dhananjaya de Silva also had not survived for so long. Pathum Nissanka scored 30 runs. Niroshan Dickwella † on 64, Ramesh Mendis on 22 are not out. Taskin Ahmed dismissed three Sri Lankan batsmen in 32.5 overs with leaking 119 runs.
SL vs BD Highlights today Friday, 30-04-2021 – 2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and chose to bat first.
Sri Lanka team: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Pathum Nissanka, 7 Niroshan Dickwella, 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Vishwa Fernando, 11 Praveen Jayawickrama.
Bangladesh team: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Liton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Abu Jayed.
Match Timings: 04:30 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Kumar Dharmasena, Ruchira Palliyaguruge
TV Umpires – Raveendra Wimalasiri
Match Referee – Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire – Prageeth Rambukwella
Match number – Test no. 2419
