Bangladesh are now batting against Sri Lanka in the second and final game of the two-match Test series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Monday (May 23).
The Tigers are in huge pressure as they have already lost early five key wickets— Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Score: Bangladesh 78/5 (26 overs)
Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second and final game of the two-match Test series.
The match began at 10:00 am.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Tamim Iqbal, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Oshada Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, Ramesh Mendis, Praveen Jayawickrama, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando
The first match between the two sides in Chattogram ended in a draw after Bangladesh raised a hope of winning the game.
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