Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Match Highlights & Results

That is it from the Test series! Sri Lanka have won their first series of 2021 and have unearthed a gem in young Praveen Jayawickrama. Bangladesh have succumbed yet again in the longest form. Mominul Haque will hope that his side can improve and finally take that next step in the red-ball format. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. We hope to see you soon. Till then, goodbye and take care!

For his fantastic performance with the bat in both the Tests in this series, Sri Lankan skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne is named the Player of the Series. Karunaratne says they are playing well and tells he needed to deliver as captain as he was short of runs coming into the series. Credits the bowlers for the way they bowled. Karunaratne says he was too positive from the first ball against West Indies. Tells he spoke to the coaches about it and was told to respect the bowlers and the good ball and that is what he tried to do. Karunaratne says they have faith they can win games and tells they needed to put score on the board. Karunaratne says everything went well in this Test from the word go. Credits Praveen and says he was fantastic along with Ramesh Mendis and tells once they get more confidence from playing, they will be able to fill the shoes of Rangana Herath.

Bangladesh skipper, Mominul Haque, says that the toss was the most important thing in his view. He believes there was nothing on the first two days for the bowlers and hence he feels the toss was crucial. Mominul says the conditions were very similar to home. Mominul says while playing international cricket there will be pressure and one should embrace it. Mominul feels they lost the game in the first innings as they failed to put up score with the bat in the first innings.

For his dream debut, picking up 11 wickets in his maiden outing and becoming the first Sri Lankan to do so. No prizes for guessing, Praveen Jayawickrama is named the Man of the Match. Jayawickrama says that he is extremely happy as this was his goal as a child. Jayawickrama says that the team helped him as there was some pressure but he was able to overcome those.

Stay tuned for the presentation as we hear from both the skippers and find out who our Man of the Match and Player of the Series are!

Bangladesh needed 436 runs to win, a task that always looked a bit far-fetched. If not that, the tourists needed to bat 5 sessions to end this game in a stalemate. That too felt like a daunting task as the pitch was turning square. The visitors failed to do either. Bangladesh batters did try to put up a fight but none of the top order batter could play a marathon innings. That fight was not enough as they failed by a huge score of 209! Once again, debutant and the new star of Sri Lanka cricket, Praveen Jayawickrama was once again in the thick of action. He followed his 6-fer with another 5-wicket haul to become the first Sri Lankan and the 4th player in the world to get 10 or more wickets on Test debut. He was excellently supported by Ramesh Mendis who finished the second innings with a 4-fer.

With a lead of 242 and a lot of time remaining in the Test, Karunaratne decided to bat again. The hosts added up another 194 runs in quick time. Karunaratne was once again the key as he scored 66 off just 78 balls. With the lead of 436, and 5 sessions to have a go at Bangladesh, the Sri Lankan skipper declared. Taijul Islam was the star with the ball for Bangladesh in the second innings as he finished with a 5-fer. That though was not enough as once again the tourists failed to grab 10 wickets.

The pitch by now had started to become tough to bat on as it started to turn and assist the spinners. Bangladesh's reply started off well as Tamim took charge with his 92. At 214/3, the tourists were looking solid but none of the batters could capitalize on their starts and Bangladesh lost their last 7 wickets for mere 37 runs. It was the Jayawickrama show with the ball as he was instrumental in the collapse and the debutant introduced himself to the Test arena with a bang! Finishing with 6/92! While Suranga Lakmal and Ramesh Mendis grabbed 2 each.

So a quick summary of the Test. Dimuth Karunaratne won the crucial coin toss and decided to bat. A decision that was very important. The pitch looked docile on Day 1 as there was nothing for the bowlers. The hosts took advantage of it and on the back of centuries from Karunaratne and Thirimanne managed to put up a huge score of 493 before declaring. Taskin Ahmed grabbed a 4-fer but the tourists were run ragged on the field and they were unable to pick up 10 wickets.

Sri Lanka have done it! After three consecutive draws, they have got one over the line and seal the series with a comprehensive win! A dream debut for young Praveen Jayawickrama! 11 wickets on debut, the best ever by a left arm spinner on Test debut as he has won the game and the series for his side in his first appearance in Test cricket. Bangladesh put up a fight but could not manage to find a way to deal with young Praveen Jayawickrama!

OUT! LBW! Jayawickramam gets a five-fer! Flighted delivery on off, Jayed looks to defend off the back foot but misses it and gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw and the umpire raises his finger. Jayed reviews it. Ultra Edge shows there is no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows that is three reds and Jayed has to depart. SRI LANKA WIN BY 209 RUNS!

Review! Abu Jayed has been adjudged LBW but he has opted for the review. Will the replays delay the inevitable or will that be the game and series for Sri Lanka?

On off, Jayed defends it off the front foot.

BEATEN! Arm ball outside off, Jayed looks to defend but misses it due to the turn on this one.

The last man in is Abu Jayed!

OUT! CAUGHT! 10 wickets on debut for Praveen Jayawickrama! Fantastic anticipation from Nissanka to take the catch. Flighted delivery around off, Mehidy premeditates his paddle. Pathum Nissanka at short leg, quickly moves to his right and shows great reflexes too. Mehidy paddles it uppishly and Nissanka takes a very good catch.

Short delivery on off, Hasan punches it to mid off.

Tossed up delivery on off, Hasan defends it towards the slip region.

On off, Shoriful defends it off the front foot.

Floated delivery on off, Islam defends it off the back foot.

Shoriful Islam walks out to bat at number 10!

OUT! CAUGHT! Ramesh Mendis gets his fourth wicket! Short delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes towards mid off where Karunaratne takes a good catch.

Short delivery on middle, Ahmed pushes it back towards the bowler.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Ahmed drives it back towards the bowler.

Flighted delivery on middle, Ahmed defends it off the back foot.

FOUR! Sluggish but gets the boundary. Floated delivery on middle and off, Mehidy drags his sweep through mid-wicket and gets a boundary. Farfetched but Bangladesh now need 210. Mehidy moves to 39 with that boundary.

Flighted on off, Mehidy pushes it to mid off.

Darted fuller on middle and leg, Mehidy pushes it to cover.

Floated on off, Taskin pushes it past mid on and takes a run.

Slightly shorter on middle. It is slower through the air. Taskin looks to flick but gets a leading edge which sees the ball go to the bowler.

Floated on off, Taskin pushes it to mid on.

DRINKS! 2 wickets so far in the day for Sri Lanka as they get closer to sealing the series with an emphatic win. Mehidy Hasan is still out there putting a fight in the middle but he will need someone to fight from the other end too. Taskin Ahmed has battled for 26 balls but how long can he continue? Their first target would be to get through the remaining of the session without any further damage.

Short delivery on middle, Ahmed flicks it towards mid on for a quick single.

Floated delivery on middle, Mehidy flicks it towards square leg for a run.

On off, Hasan defends it off the back foot.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to flick but gets a leading edge. It lands safely towards point. The batsmen take a single.

Flighted delivery outside off, Ahmed defends it towards the off side.

Floated delivery on middle, Ahmed defends it off the front foot.

Ramesh Mendis is back!

BEATEN! Tossed up delivery outside off, Hasan looks to sweep but misses it.

On off, Taskin looks to defend but gets it off the outer half of the bat. It goes past slip towards third man. The batsmen cross ends.

Loopy delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to sweep but misses it and gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head.

BEATEN! Flighted delivery on off, Ahmed looks to defend but misses it and gets hit on the pads.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Ahmed defends it to short leg.

Floated delivery on middle, Hasan plays a paddle sweep towards fine leg. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it just before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs.

Tossed up delivery on off, Ahmed keeps it out.

Quicker delivery outside off, Ahmed blocks it off the front foot.

Floated delivery on off, Ahmed looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Flighted delivery on off, Ahmed chips it back towards the bowler where it falls short of Dhananjaya de Silva.

Full on off, Ahmed pushes it to covers.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Ahmed pushes it back towards the bowler.

Flighted delivery on off, Hasan looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It drops short of the gully fielder.

Short delivery outside off, Hasan cuts it to point.

Floated delivery outside off, Hasan leaves it alone.

Flighted delivery on off, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Full and down the leg side, Hasan looks to flick but misses it.

Tossed up delivery outside off, Hasan defends it towards the off side.

BEATEN! Floated delivery outside off, Ahmed looks to defend but misses it.

On middle, Ahmed defends it to short leg.

Loopy delivery outside off, Taskin drives it to covers.

Floated delivery on middle, Ahmed flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get a couple.

Flighted delivery on off, Ahmed defends it off the back foot.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Ahmed pushes it back towards the bowler.

FOUR! Nice use of the feet! On off, Hasan comes down the track and lofts it over mid off for a boundary.

Floated delivery outside off, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Loopy delivery on off, Ahmed lofts it over mid off. The batsmen get a single.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Hasan looks to sweep but gets a top edge. It lands safely towards square leg. The batsmen get a single.

Floated delivery outside off, Hasan pushes it to covers.

Flighted delivery on off, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Full on off, Taskin defends it towards the off side.

Flatter delivery on off, Ahmed defends it to covers.

Tossed up delivery on off, Ahmed pushes it to point.

NO BALL! Quicker delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to defend but gets it off the inner half of the bat. It goes to mid-wicket.

Floated delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head.

The new batsman in is Taskin Ahmed!

OUT! CAUGHT! The change of bowling does the trick for Sri Lanka as Dhananjaya strikes in his first over. Taijul, who was negotiating the spin well, has lost his concentration and departs. Short outside off, it pitches and turns away from Taijul. It was a nothing delivery. Taijul goes fishing after and ends up getting an under edge. Dickwella does really well to take the catch. Taijul's resistance comes to an end and Sri Lanka getting closer to the win here.

Short delivery outside off, Islam cuts it to point.

Change in bowling. First one of the day and it sees Dhananjaya de Silva come into the attack.

On off, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Flighted ball outside off, Hasan shoulders arms to this one.

Loopy delivery on off, Hasan defends it to point.

Floated delivery on off, Hasan looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It falls short of the gully fielder.

Tossed up delivery on middle, Hasan sweeps it towards short leg. Taijul Islam wants the run but Mehidy Hasan does well to send him back.

Flighted delivery on middle, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Loopy delivery outside off, Taijul offers no shot to this one.

On middle, Hasan pushes it through mid on for a single.

Tossed up delivery down the leg side, Hasan leaves it alone.

Short delivery on off, Islam cuts it through point for a single.

Floated delivery on off, Islam defends it off the front foot.

Short delivery on off, Islam cuts it to point.

On off, Hasan defends it out.

Full on off, Hasan drives it to mid off.

Floated ball outside off, Hasan lets it go.

Loopy delivery on off, Hasan defends it off the front foot.

Flighted delivery on middle, Hasan pushes it to covers.

Tossed up delivery on off, Hasan defends it off the back foot.

Floated delivery on middle, Hasan flicks it through square leg for a run.

On middle, Islam flicks it towards square leg for a single.

BEATEN! Loopy delivery outside off, Islam offers no shot to this one.

Full on middle, Hasan sweeps it towards square leg where the fielder tries to stop it but misfields and concedes a single.