Sri Lankan bowlers, particularly the spinners Prabhat Jayasuriya and Kamindu Mendis, gave the group an advantage on the fourth day of the second Trial of the two-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Arena in Chattogram on Tuesday.
At Day Four stumps, Bangladesh were 268/7 in their second innings with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam on the wrinkle. The two players so far have constructed an unbeaten association of 25 runs from 33 balls. Sri Lanka continued the fourth day from 102/6 with Angelo Mathews (39) and Prabath Jayasuriya (3) unbeaten on the wrinkle with the guests having a 455-run lead.
Mathews finished his fifty in the 31st over as he pushed the ball for a solitary on the bowling of left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hassan. The two hitters had the option to add only 32 hurries to the group absolute as the all-rounder was sent back to the structure subsequent to scoring 56 runs with the assistance of five limits. Mathews constructed an organization of 43 runs alongside Jayasuriya prior to getting excused to Shakib.
After Mathew's wicket, Vishwa Fernando emerged to bat. The Sri Lankan side pronounced their second innings at 157/7 with Jayasiruya (28) and Fernando (8) unbeaten on the wrinkle. They set an objective of 511 runs for the Bangladesh side. The pick of the bowlers for the hosts was Hasan Mahmud who snatched four wickets in his spell of 15 overs where he surrendered 65 runs. Two wickets were snapped by Khaled Ahmed and one was stowed by Shakib in their particular spells.
Pursuing 511runs for triumph, Bangladesh hitters got going the innings well yet lost three wickets inside 100 runs. To begin with, they lost the wicket of Mahmudul Hasan Delight when the group score was 37. The second wicket to fall was of the other opener Zakir Hasan at the score of 51. They lost the third wicket at 94 as the group captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was excused subsequent to scoring only 20 runs. Left-hand player Mominal Haque scored a urgent fifty for his side however was sent back to the changing area subsequent to finishing his 50 runs which was bound with eight fours and a six.
After four wickets, Shakib and Litton Das fabricated an organization of 61 runs. The previous was excused subsequent to scoring 36 runs with the assistance of three limits. The fifth wicket fell at the score of 193 as he was excused by Kamindu Mendis. Not long after the fifth wicket, Sri Lanka lost their 6th wicket when the group score was 197 pursues Das was excused scoring 38 runs which included four limits.
After the 6th wicket, Shahadat Hossain Dipu emerged to the wrinkle to bat. He fabricated an organization of 46 runs with Mehidy Hasan Miraz before Hossain Dipu was excused in the wake of scoring 15 runs when the group score was 243. For the Lanka side, two wickets each were snapped by Jayasuriya, Mendis, and Lahiru Kumara in their particular spells. One wicket was snatched by Fernando in his spell of 10 overs where he surrendered 39 runs.
Brief Score: 178 and 268/7 out of 67 overs (Mominal Haque 50, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 44, Kamindu Mendis 2/22) versus Sri Lanka 531 and 157/7d in 40 overs (Angelo Mathews 56, Nishan Madushka 34, Hasan Mahmud 4/65).nka advantage against Bangladesh