Sri Lanka thrash Bangladesh by 328 runs with more than 04 sessions remaining, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
Sri Lanka Men’s Tour of Bangladesh 2024 – 01st Test Sylhet, North Eastern region – concluded on the 04th day
Sri Lanka put into bat, 280 all out – ( 68 Overs ) Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 102 ( 1×6, 12×4, 131 balls ), Kamindu Mendis 102 ( 3×6, 11×4, 127 balls ) – maiden test century – 202 runs for the 06th wicket – Extras 11 – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 54 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 21 runs – Khaled Ahmed 3 / 72, Nahid Rana 3 / 87 – on debut – Litton Das 03 victims, Mehidy Miraz 03 catches & 418 all out – ( 110.4 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 164 ( 6×6, 16×4, 237 balls ) – career best, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 108 ( 2×6, 9×4, 179 balls ), Dimuth Karunaratne 52, Prabath Jayasuriya 25, Angelo Mathews 22, Extras 26 – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 45 runs – Dimuth Karunaratne / Dhananjaya De Silva 49 runs for the 05th wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Kamindu Mendis 173 runs for the 07th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Prabath Jayasuriya 67 runs for 08th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Kasun Rajitha 52 runs for the last wicket – Mehidy Miraz 4 / 74 & 02 catches,Taijul Islam 2 / 75, Nahid Rana 2 / 128 – on debut – Litton Das 03 victims.
Bangladesh in reply, 188 all out – ( 51.3 Overs ) Taijul Islam 47, Litton Das 25, Khaled Ahmed 22, Extras 19 – Taijul Islam / Shahadat Hossain 30 runs for the 05th wicket, Taijul Islam / Litton Das 41 runs for the 06th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 72 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 64 runs – Vishwa Fernando 4 / 48, Lahiru Kumara 3 / 31, Kasun Rajitha 3 / 56, Kusal Mendis 02 victims, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 02 catches & 182 all out – ( 49.2 Overs ) Mominul Haque 87no ( 1×6, 12×4, 148 balls ), Mehidy Miraz 33, Zakir Hasan 19, Shoriful Islam 12, Extras 19 – lost the first 06 wickets for the addition of 51 runs – Mominul Haque / Mehidy Miraz 66 runs for the 07th wicket, Mominul Haque / Shoriful Islam 47 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 18 runs – 05 batters dismissed without scoring – Kasun Rajitha 5 / 56 – career best, Vishwa Fernando 3 / 36, Kusal Mendis 03 victims, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva02 catches.
Player of the Match : Dhananjaya De Silva – Sri Lanka
Dhananjaya De Silva & Kamindu Mendis :
* 03rd set of players to score to score twin hundreds in a test match
* 03rd pair of batters to be involved in consecutive 150 + plus runs partnerships in a test match
* Dhananjaya De Silva – 03rd player at No.6 to score twin hundreds in a test match
* Kamindu Mendis – 01st player at No.7 to score twin hundreds in a test match, 02nd highest runs scored by a player at No. 7 or lower in a test match