Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kicked off the second Test of their ongoing series in brilliant fashion. Both sides took centre stage at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram from March 30.
Sri Lanka came into the clash after winning the first Test of the series. The visitors managed to topple Bangladesh in Sylhet and register a dominant win. After posting totals of 280 and 418 runs across the two innings and limiting the hosts to scores of 188 and 182 runs, Sri Lanka managed to register a 328-run victory in the first Test.
As the second Test rolled around, where Bangladesh aimed to improve and put in a better performance, Sri Lanka would be hoping for a similar showing as the first clash and clinching the series by winning the ongoing game as well.
The clash began with Sri Lanka batting first after winning the toss. The side opened with Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne scoring 57 and 86 runs, respectively. Kusal Mendis further piled on the pressure with a knock of 93 runs in 150 deliveries. Furthermore, Angelo Mathews added 23 runs to the board as well.
Putting in a magnificent performance with the bat, Sri Lanka managed to post a total of 314 runs on the board with the loss of four wickets as Day 1 of the clash ended.
As for Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud was the highest wicket-taker, with two wickets to his name. Shakib Al Hasan struck once as well. The day ended with Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal and skipper Dhananjaya de Silva on the strike on a score of 34* and 15* runs respectively.
Here’s how X reacted to Day 1 of the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:
🤦 What were they doing #cricket #BanvsSL pic.twitter.com/ZXKtDoLCoO
— Mohammad Kamran (@Mr_WicketKeeper) March 30, 2024
SL 🇱🇰 batsman with 1000+ runs vs BAN in Intl. cricket on BAN soil:
Kumar Sangakkara
Kusal Mendis*#BANvSL #BANvsSL
— sudharshan sridharan (@sudharshansrid1) March 30, 2024
Bangladesh take the DRS to review for LBW. Costly decision to review as the batter was down the track and even if there was impact on the pad the distance would have saved him. Ball tracking showed that the ball was met by the full face of the bat. #BANvSL #Bangladesh #SLvsBAN… pic.twitter.com/J8XlrqrMDJ
— Sabyasachi Roy (@sabyaroy91) March 30, 2024
What was that? 🤦
The ball was clearly hitting the bat and Bangladesh took the review in the on-going 2nd Test against Sri Lanka. #SLvBAN #BANvSL #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/jCAhzSFwJj
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) March 30, 2024
#Bangladesh fought back in the third session but the day nevertheless belongs well and truly to #SriLanka who ended the day on 314-4! Day two will be interesting #BANvSL #Cricket
— Mohamed Shazeen (@ShazeenIfamy) March 30, 2024
After seeing Captain Shanto review, a group of dirty trolls got involved, who will take responsibility if Shanto commits suicide during innings break?
Bangladesh a joker team 🍌😭🤣#BANvSL #trendi pic.twitter.com/pyiiurQfJX
— Purna Purna (@pu71251824) March 30, 2024
Hard luck @KusalMendis13 💔
Well played ❤️👏#KusalMendis #SLvBAN #BANvSL pic.twitter.com/AX6TFTpS1s
— Shivam Dubey (@ShivamDubey45) March 30, 2024
#SriLankan batters just have to get 400-450 and Prabath Jayasuriya will take care of the rest! #BANvSL #Cricket
— Mohamed Shazeen (@ShazeenIfamy) March 30, 2024
Sri Lanka going with 3 pacers and a spinner and Ban going with 3 spinners.. interesting..
Whether SL management misunderstood the pitch or they lack confidence in Ramesh or they don’t want to give a debut to Nishan Peries in the decider #BANvSL
— Anshaf Shamly (@Shamly10) March 30, 2024
The Greatest DRS In Cricket History
That’s Bangaladesh For You 🔥#BANvSLpic.twitter.com/kOUNTzONRw
— Sekar 𝕏 (@itzSekar) March 30, 2024
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