The second day of the first Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Galle ended today (18). Batting first, Bangladesh had scored 484 runs for the loss of 9 wickets at the end of the day.
They started the day at 292 for the loss of 3 wickets, with Najmul Hossain Shanto falling for 148 runs as the first wicket of the day.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored 163 runs. Liton Das scored 90 runs. Rahim and Shanto built a partnership of 264 runs for the fourth wicket, while the partnership built for the fifth wicket between Rahim and Liton was 149 runs.
In bowling, Asitha Fernando, Milan Ratnayake and Tharidu Ratnayake took 3 wickets each. The last five wickets of Bangladesh, which were lost today, fell for 26 runs.
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