Currently, the second match of the Test series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is being played at the Zahoor Ahmed Choudhary Stadium in Chattogram. Today on April 1, the third day of play ended and Bangladesh was to return to the game today, but it has not happened.

Bangladesh, which lost 1 wicket for 55 runs at the time of stumps on the second day, was all out for just 178 runs in the first innings in front of Sri Lanka’s brilliant bowling. Sri Lanka had scored 531 runs in the first innings, in response to which Bangladesh’s batting proved to be a huge flop in the first innings. So at the end of the day, Sri Lanka has scored 102 runs at the loss of 6 wickets after 25 overs in the second innings, and have taken a strong lead of 455 runs over the host team.

Bangladesh all out for 178 runs in first innings

Let us tell you that in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings in the match, host Bangladesh was able to score only 178 runs in its first innings. Sri Lanka had a strong lead of 353 runs over Bangladesh on the basis of first innings, which it further strengthened at the end of the third day of play.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Zakir Hasan, who came to open for Bangladesh, added 47 runs for the first wicket. Mahmudul was out on 21 while Zakir Hasan was out after playing a half-century of 54 runs. He was the top scorer in the first innings for Bangladesh. Also, Taijul Islam contributed 22 runs and Mominul Haq contributed 33 runs. Apart from this, no other player could score more runs.

So if we talk about Sri Lanka’s bowling, Asita Fernando took maximum 4 wickets in the first innings. Apart from this, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and Prabhat Jayasuriya got 2-2 wickets.

Brief scores after the third day’s play

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: 102/6 in 25 overs (Angelo Mathews 39, Hasan Mahmood 4/51)

Bangladesh 1st Innings: 178/10 in 68.4 overs (Zakir Hasan 54, Asita Fernando 4/34)