Ctg test: Bangladesh declare with 68-run lead

Ensuring a 68-run lead in the first innings, Bangladesh declared their first innings of the Chattogram Test on 465 for nine in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings of 397.

To end day four, Sri Lanka will have around 24 overs to play.

After Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiur Rahim also hit a century in Bangladesh’s first innings. Along the way, Mushfiqur became the first Bangladeshi batter to have scored 5,000 runs in Test cricket.

It was Mushfiqur’s eighth century in the format and first after 18 innings. He notched up his last ton before this in 2020 against Zimbabwe in Dhaka.

Bangladesh did not lose any wicket in the first session of day four, but off the first over of the second session, the hosts lost two wickets— Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal with the latter resumed his innings after lunch of day four. Tamim had left the field on day three with a cramped right hand.

Bangladesh batted in a slow manner which actually was an attempt to ensure that they would not lose this match from this stage.

For Sri Lanka, Kasun Rajitha bagged four wickets conceding 60 runs while Asitha Fernando took three.

Earlier, Sri Lanka ended their first innings at 397 with an outstanding 199 by Angelo Mathews.

For Bangladesh, Nayeem Hasan bagged six wickets in the first innings which is now the best bowling innings by him in the format. It was the third five-for for the right-handed spinner.