Mehidy Hasan of Bangladesh performs a shot in opposition to Sri Lanka (Credit: AFP)
Bangladesh had been 268-7 at stumps on the fourth day in Chittagong, nonetheless needing 243 runs for an unbelievable win.
Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara and Kamindu Mendis every claimed two wickets as Sri Lanka got here inside grasp of one other resounding victory within the second and last Test on Tuesday.
Bangladesh had been 268-7 at stumps on the fourth day in Chittagong, nonetheless needing 243 runs for an unbelievable win.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz performed an unbeaten knock of 44 to take the sport into the fifth day with Taijul Islam accompanying him on 10.
Mominul Haque was the one different batsman to put up a combat, making 50 off 56 balls earlier than he was dismissed by the spinner Jayasuriya within the final over earlier than tea break.
Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das placed on 61 runs for the fifth wicket after Mominul’s dismissal.
Off-spinner Kamundu broke the stand as Nishan Madushka took an excellent reflex catch at foolish level to dismiss Shakib for 36.
Liton received the underside edge in an try for a pull shot off Kumara to depart three overs later for 38.
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Kamindu broke one other promising partnership of 46 runs between Mehidy and Shahadat Hossain, trapping the latter leg earlier than for 15.
Mahmudul Hasan (24), fellow opener Zakir Hasan (19), and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (20) had been all despatched again cheaply.
Jayasuriya bowled Mahmudul to break the 37-run opening stand.
Zakir gave a catch to Dhananjaya de Silva off Vishwa Fernando at slip, and Lahiru clipped the bail of Najmul’s off-stump.
Resuming on 102-6, Sri Lanka batted for slightly over an hour to add 55 runs to their in a single day rating earlier than declaring at 157-7.
Angelo Mathews, unbeaten on 39 in a single day, top-scored with 56 runs. He was bowled by Shakib after making his forty first Test fifty.
Jayasuriya was unbeaten on 28 when the declaration got here, together with Vishwa Fernando, who was eight not out.
Debutant tempo bowler Hasan Mahmud completed with 4-65 for Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka had been lacking Dinesh Chandimal within the area after he returned dwelling for a household emergency.
Sri Lanka, who’ve by no means misplaced a Test sequence to Bangladesh, thrashed the hosts by 328 runs within the first Test at Sylhet.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
