COLOMBO: Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama claimed a match-haul of 11 wickets in a fairytale debut as he bowled Sri Lanka to a 209-run victory, and a 1-0 series win, in the second Test in opposition to Bangladesh in Pallekele on Monday.
The hosts took simply over an hour to declare the final 5 Bangladesh wickets with Jayawickrama claiming three of them for a second-innings bowling determine of 5-86.
Replying to Sri Lanka`s first innings complete of 493-7 declared, Bangladesh had been all out for 251.Â
Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 194-9, setting the vacationers a frightening victory goal of 437 and Bangladesh meekly folded for 227.Â
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“There was a bit of pressure ahead of the debut but the captain and the senior players really helped me,” Jayawickrama, 22, mentioned after being adjudged player-of-the-match.
Home captain Dimuth Karunaratne heaped reward on Jayawickrama and younger off-spinner Ramesh Mendis, who claimed 4 wickets in the second innings.
“Praveen was fantastic and Ramesh too,” Karunaratne, who gained the player-of-the-series award for his scores of 244, 118 and 66 in three innings, mentioned.
“I think they need to play Test matches regularly and build confidence, and if they do that they will fill the shoes of Dilruwan (Perera) and Rangana (Herath) for sure.” Â
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Bangladesh captain Mominul Haq rued shedding the toss on a flat wicket which he felt decided “50%” of the end result, however was additionally upset with their very own batting effort.
“We lost this Test in the first innings when we were bowled out for 250. We should have batted better,” he mentioned.
