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.
Two wickets fell in the first two deliveries right after Lunch interval as Sri Lanka pacer Kasun Rajitha damaged Bangladesh’s momentum on day four of the Chattogram Test.
Mushfiqur Rahim was the picture of focus during the fourth’s day’s play along with Liton Das as the duo kept motoring along after rain had delayed start of play today.
Bangladesh had a solid opening session on day four of the Chattogram Test as the two overnight batters Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das continued their good work from the previous day.
Mushfiqur Rahim beat Tamim Iqbal to the punch as the former became the first Bangladeshi batter to have reached the 5000-run landmark in Tests during the Tigers’ fourth day’s play of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram today.
Bangladesh batters Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das have stitched hundred runs together as the Tigers resumed fourth day's play of the first Test between Bangladesh against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Overnight rain has delayed fourth day's play of the first Test between Bangladesh against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Tamim Iqbal’s 10th Test century gave Bangladesh a brilliant platform to take a first-innings lead over Sri Lanka as the Tigers trail by 79 runs with a score of 318 for three at the end of the third day of the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
Bangladesh batting coach Jamie Siddons highly praised the disciplined effort from opener Tamim Iqbal after the lefty had scored a scintillating hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Other than losing three wickets in quick succession in the second session, Bangladesh stayed in control for the most part of their third day’s play of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
It looks like Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal’s wait for reaching landmark 5000 Test runs has been extended as the left-hander had to retire hurt after suffering a cramp in the second session of the third day’s play during the Tigers’ first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram today.
