DHAKA- Sri Lanka declared their first innings on 648-8 in the first cricket test against Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Sunday.
The declaration came on after the lunch session of the final and day five of the game as they took 107 runs lead. Bangladesh declared their first innings on 541-7.
Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne led the charge with his maiden double as he struck a brilliant 244 off 437, clobbering 26 boundaries. He was ably supported by Dhananjaya de Silva who hammered 291 ball-166, an innings laced with 22 fours.
The duo shared 345-run for the fourth wicket stand and in the process they kept Bangladesh wicket-less throughout the whole fourth day.
Bangladesh, however, got the breakthrough in the first hour of the fifth day when Taskin Ahmed rattled the stump of Dhanajaya. Shortly after that he also took the prized scalp of Karunaratne, who looked utterly set for his maiden triple century also.
Taskin, however, was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh with 3-112 while Taijul Islam took 2-163.BSS
