Overview
- Pathum Nissanka compiled a career-best 187 off 256 balls, striking 23 fours and a six to anchor the innings.
- Dinesh Chandimal scored 54 in a 157-run partnership with Nissanka that steadied the hosts after early setbacks.
- Sri Lanka’s 368 for four at stumps left them 127 runs behind Bangladesh’s 495 all-out first innings total.
- Bangladesh’s huge total was powered by Mushfiqur Rahim’s 163 and Najmul Hossain Shanto’s 148 in Galle.
- Veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews marked his Test farewell with a 39-run innings and received a guard of honour from Bangladesh