Sl vs Ban Day 1: Sri Lankan bowlers wreaked havoc on the first day of Colombo Test, Bangladesh lost 8 wickets
Sl vs Ban 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights: On the first day of the second Test being played in Colombo, the Sri Lankan bowlers disturbed Bangladeshi batsmen. After winning the toss, the Sri Lankan team came out to bowl first and dominated the match by taking 8 wickets. Asitha Fernando, World Fernando and debutant Sonal Dinusha took crucial wickets. In the middle, Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das’s 67 -run partnership took over Bangladesh, but the visiting team was reduced to 220/8 by the end of the day. The game had to be finished prematurely due to poor light.
On Wednesday, June 25, on the first day of the second Test match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka being played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, the rain and poor light disturbed, but in the game that took place, the Sri Lankan bowlers completely dominated Bangladesh and limited it to a score of 220/8.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first, but the decision soon proved wrong when fast bowler Asitha Fernando sent opener Anamul Haq to the pavilion without opening an account in just 10 balls. After this, captain Dhananjay de Silva dodged Mominul Haq with his off -spin bowling and made a clean bold.
After lunch, the World Fernando gave Bangladeshi captain Najmul Hussain Shanto out for 8 runs. At the same time, Tharindu Ratnayake bowled brilliantly and gave Bangladesh a fourth blow by dismissing set batsman Shadaman Islam for 46 runs. The score was 76/4 at this time.
After this, senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim and wicketkeeper Litton Das tried to handle the innings by making an important partnership of 67 runs for the fifth wicket. But even this partnership could not last long. Sonal Dinusha, playing a debut match, dismissed Litton Das (34) and Mushfiqur (35) and destroyed Bangladesh’s expectations.
Sri Lankan bowlers once again put pressure on Bangladesh. First World Fernando sent Mehdi Hasan Miraj to the pavilion, and then Asitha Fernando dismissed Naeem Hasan and increased Bangladesh’s difficulties. When the game was stopped ahead of time due to poor light, Bangladesh lost 8 wickets for 220 runs in 71 overs. At that time, Taizul Islam was unbeaten at the crease scoring 9 runs and Ibadat Hussain scored 5 runs.
For Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando and Sonal Dinusha took two wickets each, while Thaharindu Ratnayake and Dhananjay de Silva had one success each. The first day was in the name of Sri Lanka and if the weather supports, the host team can make a strong grip on the match the next day.
