Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 1st test Day 5 Live Score

Yet another session filled with excitement comes to an end. In this session 77 runs were scored with the fall of 2 wickets. Bangladesh bowlers picked things up from where they left off after the Lunch break. Taijul Islam got the prized wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne. Once he fell Bangladesh had the game by the scruff of the neck, but Niroshan Dickwella and Dinesh Chandimal displayed grit and determination in their potentially match-saving stand of 44 runs.

They are still in the middle with their swords and Sri Lanka would hope they can stick around for a little longer. Sri Lanka have performed really well whenever they have been on the back foot in this Test match. The way their players have turned up, they surely have some fight left in them.

So Bangladesh have toiled to get these final four Sri Lankan wickets, but Dickwella and Chandimal have proven stubborn foes. When Dhananjaya fell, it looked like there might be a sniff of a chance for a result in the home side’s favour, but this 44-run stand has almost certainly secured a draw for the visitors. That said, stranger things have happened, so join us in a bit for the final session of this first Test.

Karunaratne’s stand with Kusal Mendis (48 off 41) is now worth 67 in 86 balls, with the last 39 runs coming 60 balls. Sri Lanka lead by 38 runs Taijul Islam strikes again. Dimuth Karunaratne (52 off 138) caught by rival captain Mominul Haque at mid-wicket. Karunaratne is furious. Fourth for Islam. 30 runs and one wicket in the last ten overs. Dinesh Chandimal is the new man. Sri Lanka lead by 75 runs. SL – 143/5

Bangladesh is coming off a 2-0 defeat against the Proteas in April while Sri Lanka is coming off a 2-0 defeat against India in March. Both the teams would be desperate to get back on the winning ways. Sri Lanka is currently positioned seventh on the ICC Men’s Test Championship rankings while Bangladesh is standing ninth on the table Sri Lanka is on a tour of Bangladesh for a 2-match Test series.