Overview
- Left-arm spinner Sonal Dinusha and pacer Asitha Fernando each claimed three wickets as Sri Lanka skittled Bangladesh for 247 in the first innings.
- Opener Pathum Nissanka compiled a masterful 158, building on his 187 in the first Test to anchor Sri Lanka’s reply.
- Kusal Mendis accelerated the innings with a fluent 84 off 87 balls before Sri Lanka declared at 458, seizing a 211-run lead.
- Bangladesh’s second innings unraveled to 115 for 6, with no batsman able to stem the flow of Sri Lankan breakthroughs.
- Sri Lanka’s bowlers have exploited the turning Sinhalese Sports Club pitch to maintain relentless pressure and dismantle Bangladesh’s lineup.