Overview

• Pathum Nissanka’s career-best 187 anchored Sri Lanka’s first-innings reply to Bangladesh’s 495 before the hosts were eventually bowled out for 485
• Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan spun through Sri Lanka’s lower order with figures of 5-121 to give Bangladesh a slender 10-run lead
• Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto became the first Bangladeshi to score centuries in both innings of a Test twice with scores of 148 and an unbeaten 125
• Bangladesh declared their second innings at 285/6 to set Sri Lanka a challenging 296 in 37 overs and extended their lead to 247 before the rain
• Rain swept through the Galle International Stadium after just 80 minutes of play on the final day, making a decisive result unlikely