Shanto also hits fifty
News Desk || risingbd.com
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque won the loss and chose to bat first against Sri Lanka in the first match of a two-match Test series at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
Bangladesh: (53 ov)200/2
Tamim Iqbal inflicted the first blow of the series on Sri Lanka with his 90. Bangladesh lost Saif Hassan very early on, trapped lbw by Vishwa Fernando in the second over.
Bangladesh team: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Mohammad Mithun, 7 Liton Das (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan, 9 Ebadat Hossain, 10 Taskin Ahmed and 11 Abu Jayed
Sri Lanka team: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Dinesh Chandimal/Pathum Nissanka, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Lahiru Kumara and 11 Vishwa Fernando
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