SL vs BAN: Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto has registered his name in history.
SL vs BAN: The first Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was played in Galle from 17 to 21 June 2025. The match ended in a draw. Bangladesh scored 495 runs in their first innings. Nazmul Hussain Shanto (148), Mushfiqur Rahim (163) and Liton Das (90) made significant contributions in this. At the same time, Sri Lanka scored 485 runs thanks to Pathum Nissanka’s 187 and Kamindu Mendis’ 87 runs.
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SL vs BAN: With a marginal lead of 10 runs, Bangladesh scored 285/6 in their second innings and declared. Captain Shanto scored a century in the second innings and scored an unbeaten 125. Sri Lanka, chasing a target of 296 runs, had scored 34 runs after losing 2 wickets after 8 overs when the game had to be stopped due to rain in the morning session of the last day. Both teams played cautiously. In the end, the match was drawn at a score of 72/4.
SL vs BAN: Sri Lanka gave a strong reply
SL vs BAN: Bangladesh, who won the toss and came to bat first, had a bad start (45/3), but by the end of the day’s play, the team made a great comeback and scored 292/3. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto (148) and Mushfiqur Rahim (163) shared a 264-run partnership for the fourth wicket, thanks to which Bangladesh scored 495 runs. At the same time, Liton Das contributed 90 runs.
In the first innings for Sri Lanka, Rathnayake and debutant Tharindu Rathnayake took 3-3 wickets. While Asitha Fernando took 4 wickets. Sri Lanka responded strongly and scored 485 runs. Opener Pathum Nissanka scored a career-best 187 runs off 256 balls. Apart from this, Dinesh Chandimal (54) and Kamindu Mendis (87) played useful innings.
Shanto also scored a century in the second innings
Naim Hasan took the maximum of 5 wickets for Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud took three wickets while Taijul Islam and Mominul Haque got one wicket each. In their second innings, Bangladesh declared the innings at 285 for the loss of 6 wickets. Captain Shanto once again played a captaincy innings and scored an unbeaten 125 runs. Shadman Islam scored 76 runs and Mushfiqur Rahim scored 49 runs.
In this way, Sri Lanka got a target of 296 runs. Sri Lanka started aggressively but lost the wickets of Pathum Nissanka (24) and Lahiru Udara (9), Chandimal (6) and Angelo Mathews (8) quickly. Eventually the match ended in a draw on the rain-affected fifth day.
Shanto created history
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto has etched his name in history. He has become the first Bangladeshi captain to score a century in both innings of a Test match. Shanto was adjudged the Player of the Match for his brilliant batting.
