Bangladesh lost yet another Test series at home. The 10-wicket mauling by a fairly inexperienced Sri Lankan side on the final day of the second Test in Mirpur yesterday meant that the Tigers have now lost all the five Test series played against Sri Lanka at home, including the 1-0 series defeat in the latest one.
There was not any significant difference between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of international experience as the two subcontinental rivals locked horns in a two-match Test series within the past two weeks.
Sri Lanka kept their record of winning every Test series in Bangladesh intact with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over the Tigers in the second Test of the two-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon backed the Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque and said that his captaincy is not something the management is worried about.
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo mentioned that the tailor-made pitches in the past at home has hurt the Tigers' improvement in the long run and the South African also urged to create sporting pitches to enhance performance in the longest format of the game.
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that it is not possible to win Tests after suffering horrible batting collapses as the Tigers did in the recently-concluded home Test series against Sri Lanka.
It all came crumbling down for Bangladesh just after Lunch on the fifth and final day of their series-deciding Test against Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has taken himself to a new height as he has bagged a five-wicket haul and also scored a fifty in a Test on 10 occasions, the second most after legendary all-rounder Ian Botham of England.
Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka following the injury he suffered during Bangladesh’s first innings.
Right from the get go today, Sri Lanka batters have made their intentions -- to play proactive cricket -- clear on the fifth and final day of the Chattogram Test.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s eighth Test century was the highlight of fourth day’s play while Taijul Islam’s late all-round effort gaveBangladesh a ray of hope of winning the first Test against Sri Lanka in what is expected to be an exciting final day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Taijul Islam got one to land pretty far outside the off stump and then turn sharply inwards that went through the gap between Lasith Embuldenya’s bat and pad before castling the left-hander.
Mushfiqur Rahim, having become the first Bangladesh batter to reach the magical mark of 5000 runs in Test cricket during his ton against Sri Lanka yesterday,
Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim said that it is only in Bangladesh that a player reaches the heights of the greatest cricketers overnight because of just one good innings.
India veteran Dinesh Karthik admits to being in awe of Mushfiqur Rahim as the Bangladesh star became the first player to score 5000 Test runs for his country.
“I firmly believe, you will see a different Mushfiqur [Rahim] in this series and he will return amongst runs with big scores.” It was on the opening day’s play of the Chattogram Test when the ‘Guru’ of Bangladesh batting stalwarts -- Nazmul Abedeen Fahim -- made the prophecy about one of his favourite students, with whom he had a special session before the start of the series.
There were two reasons for Mushfiqur Rahim to celebrate on day four of the first Test in Chattogram against Sri Lanka today. He eclipsed the 5000-run barrier in Tests during the first session’s play, becoming the first batter from the country to do so. The veteran fist-bumped with Liton Das after the feat and then in the second session’s play, he notched his hundred before Tea and raised his bat in celebration.
Sri Lanka were two down for 39 in their second innings at the end of the fourth day's play as the first Test in Chattogram looks increasingly likely to end in a draw, however, the Bangladesh spinners, especially Taijul Islam, started to get some turn off the surface towards.
