Bangla Desh trounces Sri Lanka for first time in a Test match
Bangla Desh team was able to be victorious for the first time in the Test match played against Sri Lanka today. This being their 100th Test match no doubt it created a memorable landmark for them.
Bangla Desh players who pursued 191 runs for victory today passed the winning mark with 4 wickets
in hand and it was a special note of interest to record that the Chief Coach of the Bangla Desh team happened to be Chandika Hathurusingha with the batting coach being Tilan Samaraweera. Bangla Desh had to wait for 16 long years to taste a Test win against Sri Lanka.The Sri Lankan team who opened batting in the game were all out for 338 and Bangla Desh who replied to it were all out for 467 runs. Sri Lanka then were bowled out for a total of 319 in their second innings. Bangla Desh who took charge of the pitch to arrive at the target of 191 found their first two wickets falling for a meagre score of just 22 runs. In the end Thamin Iqbal collected 82 runs, Saumya Sakar 10 runs with Shabeer Rahman scoring 41 runs. As Sri Lanka won the Test in Galle, the Test series of 2 matches were squared between the 2 countries.
