Bangladesh batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto batted virtually all the day, scoring a affected person 126 because the guests ended Day 1 of the opening Test towards Sri Lanka comfortably positioned on 302 for two, on the Pallekele Stadium on Wednesday.
It was Najmul’s maiden century in 12 Tests and he appeared stable in defence whereas going through 288 balls for his unbeaten knock.
Tamim Iqbal too turned the clock again with a 101-ball 90 earlier within the day, as he together with Najmul added 144 runs earlier than the previous was crushed by additional bounce from left-arm medium pacer Vishwa Fernano. Tamim ended up steering the ball into the fingers of the lone slip fielder, Lahiru Thirimanne.
Contrary to expectation, the pith provided little to the tempo bowlers and Bangladesh capitalised on the circumstances to set themselves on the trail to an enormous whole.
Earlier, Bangladesh opted to bat after successful the toss. Opener Saif Hasan, Taskin Ahmed and Ebadat Hossain made their manner again into the facet. But Saif did not seize the chance as he went for a duck within the second over.
Following the early setback, Tamim batted with ease with Shanto for firm, and the duo consolidated Bangladesh’s place with a 144-run stand.
Unnerved by Tamim’s dismissal on 90, Shanto made one other important partnership with skipper Mominul Haque (64*), which took the house group’s whole past the 300-run mark.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 302 for two in 90 overs (Shanto 126*, Tamim 90, Mominul 64*; Vishwa 2/61).
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