Sri Lanka display resilience after Galle

Capture eight Bangladesh wickets for 220 on rain-hit opening day

- By Sa'adi Thawfeeq

BANGLADESH won their second straight toss and chose to bat first but unlike at Galle, where they posted a pretty daunting first innings total, things did not pan out the way they expected, with the Sri Lankan bowlers dominating over the bat on the opening day of the second cricket Test at the SSC Grounds yesterday.

By stumps, when only 71 overs were possible due to rain, Bangladesh had limped to 220-8 with none of their batsmen being able to get to a fifty. They lost a couple of wickets in the first session, lost three wickets in the post-lunch session, and a further three in the final session as well. Opener Shadman Islam was the top-scorer earlier in the day, with a solid 46 off 93 balls (7 fours) and there were a few handy contributions by Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, and Mehidy Hasan.