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CHITTAGONG: Asitha Fernando claimed 4-34 as Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 178 to take a massive 353-run lead in the first innings of the second Test in Chittagong on Monday.<\/p>\n
The tourists decided against enforcing a follow-on but were left struggling with their batting in the second innings, reaching 102-6 at stumps on the third day to extend their lead to 455 runs.<\/p>\n
Debutant pacer Hasan Mahmud gave Bangladesh something to smile about with 4-51, while fellow pacer Khaled Ahmed also troubled the Sri Lankan batsmen with 2-29.<\/p>\n
But Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 39 alongside Prabath Jayasuriya, three not out, with the pair looking to extend Sri Lanka\u2019s lead with the help of the tail-enders.<\/p>\n
Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando and Jayasuriya earlier chipped in with two each as Sri Lanka claimed nine wickets in two sessions to leave the hosts flattened.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka fast bowling coach Dharshana Gamage praised both sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth teams\u2019 bowlers, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, bowled really well,\u201d Gamage said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to score another 50-60 runs, then we will be in a good position. I am pretty sure our bowlers will fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zakir Hasan made the highest score for Bangladesh with 54, while Mominul Haque offered some resistance with 33.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe totally failed with the bat,\u201d Zakir said. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t perform our roles, we didn\u2019t play as we were supposed to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Resuming on 55-1 with nightwatchman Taijul Islam, Zakir survived for more than an hour before Bangladesh lost their first wicket of the day.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka ended Bangladesh\u2019s dogged early resistance when Vishwa Fernando, a left-arm quick, swung one in to uproot the leg stump of Zakir.<\/p>\n
Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto looked edgy from the start and faced 11 balls before being dismissed by Jayasuriya for one.<\/p>\n
Najmul departed after attempting an on-drive, which was caught at short midwicket by Dimuth Karunaratne.<\/p>\n
Vishwa Fernando bowled Taijul for 22 with another in-swinging delivery to reduce Bangladesh to 105-4.<\/p>\n
Asitha Fernando trapped Shakib Al Hasan leg-before for 15 and then induced an edge from Liton Das (four) in the same over.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh kept losing wickets in clusters.<\/p>\n
Shahadat Hossain (eight) was caught by Kamindu Mendis at slip off Kumara and Jayasuriya hit Mehidy Hasan (seven) in front.<\/p>\n
Asitha Fernando ended Mominul\u2019s defiant innings before he bowled Khaled for one to wrap up the innings.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka dominated Bangladesh in the first two days to amass 531, the highest Test total without any batsman scoring a century.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka, who have never lost a Test series to Bangla\u00addesh, won the first Test in Sylhet by 328 runs.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n SRI LANKA<\/strong> (1st Innings) 531 (Kusal Mendis 93, Kamindu Mendis 92 not out, D. Karunaratne 86, D. de Silva 70, D. Chandimal 59, N. Madushka 57; S. Al Hasan 3-110)<\/p>\n BANGLADESH<\/strong> (1st Innings, overnight 55-1):<\/p>\n Mahmudul Hasan Joy b Kumara 21<\/p>\n Zakir Hasan b V. Fernando 54<\/p>\n Taijul Islam b V. Fernando 22<\/p>\n Najmul Hossain c Karunaratne b Jayasuriya 1<\/p>\n Mominul Haque lbw b A. Fernando 33<\/p>\n Shakib Al Hasan lbw A. Fernando 15<\/p>\n Litton Das c Kusal b A. Fernando 4<\/p>\n Shahadat Hossain c Kamindu b Kumara 8<\/p>\n Mehidy Hasan lbw b Jayasuriya 7<\/p>\n Khaled Ahmed b A. Fernando 1<\/p>\n Hasan Mahmud not out 2<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4, NB-1, W-1) 10<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 68.4 overs) 178<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-47 (Mahmudul), 2-96 (Zakir), 3-101 (Najmul), 4-105 (Taijul), 5-126 (Shakib), 6-130 (Litton), 7-148 (Shahadat), 8-165 (Mehidy), 9-175 (Mominul)<\/p>\n BOWLING: V. Fernando 16-5-38-2; A. Fernando 10.4-1-34-4 (1w); Lahiru 11-5-19-2; Jayasuriya 24-4-65-2 (1nb); Dhananjaya 7-2-14-0<\/p>\n SRI LANKA (2nd Innings):<\/strong><\/p>\n D. Karunaratne b Hasan 4<\/p>\n N. Madushka c Mehidy b Hasan 34<\/p>\n Kusal Mendis b Khaled 2<\/p>\n A. Mathews not out 39<\/p>\n D. Chandimal c Shahadat b Hasan 9<\/p>\n D. de Silva c Liton b Hasan 1<\/p>\n Kamindu Mendis c Liton b Khaled 9<\/p>\n P. Jayasuriya not out 3<\/p>\n EXTRAS (LB-1) 1<\/p>\n TOTAL (for six wickets, 25 overs) 102<\/p>\n STILL TO BAT: A. Fernando, L. Kumara, V. Fernando<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-12 (Karunaratne), 2-15 (Kusal), 3-60 (Madushka), 4-72 (Chandimal), 5-78 (Dhananjaya), 6-89 (Kamindu)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Khaled 9-2-29-2; Hasan 11-1-51-4; Shakib 4-0-20; Taijul 1-0-1-0<\/p>\n Published in Dawn, April 2nd, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BANGLADESH\u2019S Khaled Ahmed is clean up by Sri Lankan fast bowler Asitha Fernando during the second Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday.\u2014AFP CHITTAGONG: Asitha Fernando claimed 4-34 as Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 178 to take a massive 353-run lead in the first innings of the second Test in Chittagong on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/04\/021039003f440cf.jpg?r=104042","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t