Match Drawn
ICC World Test Championship – 01st Test – Chattogram, Bangladesh concluded after 05 days
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 397 all out – (153 Overs) Angelo Mathews 199 (1×6, 19×4, 397 balls), Dinesh Chandimal 66, Kusal Mendis 54, Oshada Fernando 36, Vishwa Fernando 17no – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 74 runs – Kusal / Angelo put on 02 runs for the 03rd wicket, Angelo / Dinesh added 136 runs for the 05th wicket – Nayeem Hasan 6 / 105 – career best – Shakib Al Hasan 3 / 60 & 260 / 6 – (90.1 Overs) Niroshan Dickwella 61no, Skipper Dimuth Karunarathne 52, Kusal Mendis 48, Dinesh Chandimal 39no, Dhananjaya De Silva 33 – Dimuth / Kusal added 67 runs for the 03rd wicket, Dinesh / Niroshan put on an unbroken 99 run partnership for the 07th wicket – Taijul Islam 4 / 82 & 01 run out.
Bangladesh in reply, 465 all out – (170.1 Overs) Tamim Iqbal 133 ( 15×4, 218 balls ), Mushfiqur Rahim 105 ( 4×4, 282 balls ) – first Bangladesh batter to complete 5000 runs in tests – Litton Das 88, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 58, Shakib Al Hasan 26, Taijul Islam 20, Extras 20 – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 44 runs – Mahmudul / Tamim associated in a 162 run opening stand, Mushfiqur / Litton involved in a 165 run partnership for the 04th wicket – Kasun Rajitha (concussion substitute for Vishwa Fernando) 4 / 60 – career best, Asitha Fernando 3 / 72 – career best, Niroshan Dickwella 04 victims.
Player of the Match : Angelo Mathews – Sri Lanka
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