{"id":5470,"date":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/bangladesh-sri-lanka-second-cricket-test-5a6b5d8bee176f5b7a75adff95e07f1d\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","slug":"bangladesh-sri-lanka-second-cricket-test-5a6b5d8bee176f5b7a75adff95e07f1d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/bangladesh-sri-lanka-second-cricket-test-5a6b5d8bee176f5b7a75adff95e07f1d\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka reaches 314-4 at stumps on opening day of 2nd test against Bangladesh. Shakib takes 1-60"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (AP) \u2014 Sri Lanka dominated the opening day of the second and final cricket test against Bangladesh, riding on strong contributions from its top three batters.<\/p>\n
No. 3 Kusal Mendis struck 93, Dimuth Karunaratne hit 86 and his fellow opener Nishan Madushka added 57 as Sri Lanka reached 314-4 in 90 overs at stumps on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, whose last international match was at the 2023 World Cup in India, returned figures of 1-60 in 18 overs.<\/p>\n
Dinesh Chandimal (34 not out) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (15 not out) will resume Sunday. De Silva hit centuries in both innings of the first test, which Sri Lanka won by 328 runs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fast bowler Hasan Mahmud claimed 2-64 on his test debut.<\/p>\n \u201c300-plus for four on Day 1 is a good score,\u201d Karunaratne said. \u201cThere\u2019s turn and seam movement with the new ball … There\u2019s a result on this wicket.\u201d<\/p>\n After winning the toss and opting to bat first, the tourists made a fluent start but Bangladesh wasted chances.<\/p>\n Madushka was dropped on 9 when Mahmudul Hasan put down a straightforward chance off Mahmud at second slip. Karunaratne was also lucky to survive when he top-edged Mahmud\u2019s delivery but Shakib fumbled the ball over the boundary line to give the batter a six.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Express bowler Yadav helps Lucknow beat Punjab in his IPL debut<\/a><\/p>\n Kohli 83 in vain as Kolkata thumps Bengaluru in IPL<\/a><\/p>\n Rajasthan beats Delhi by 12 runs for back-to-back home wins in IPL<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe created chances in the morning, but didn\u2019t capitalize on those. Similar story in the first test where we took five wickets in the first session,\u201d Bangladesh bowling coach Andre Adams said. \u201cDropping catches will continue to cost us if we keep doing it … For us to compete and be excellent, we need to be excellent for longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
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