Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten 175 helped Bangladesh move into a str♍ong position in the second crick💞et test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday despite a fightback led by visiting captain Dimuth Karunaratne late on Day 2.
𓂃Mushfiqur and Liton Das (141) scored all but 49 of Bangladesh’s runs in its total𒅌 of 365, combining for a record sixth-wicket partnership of 272 runs after the hosts had been reeling at 24-5 at one point.
Bangladesh, which had six batters dismissed for ducks, was all out soon after lunch and only took two wickets in nearly two sessions as Sri Lanka fought back to trail by 222 runs 🍌at stumps.
Karunaratne was not out on 70, having shared a 95-run stand with Oshada Fernando (57) for the opening wicket as a discipline𒉰d Bangladesh attack strug💦gled to get any assistance from the pitch.
Fernando reviewed successfully to overturn an lbw appeal when on 4 in the first over of the innings, while Karunaratne could have gone🌄 for 37 had skipper Mominul Haque not dropped him at short square-leg.
Pacer Ebadot Hossain (1-31) br🎃oke through with the wicket of Fernando, who edged a length delivery to slip soon after reaching his fifth half-century.
Just before stumps, left-ღarm spinner Shakib Al Hasan (1-19) gave Bangladesh another breakthrough, trapping Kusal Mendis lbw for 11. Mendis returned to join the team after being hospitalized with chest pain on Monday.
Bangladesh began the day on 2🌺77-5 and Ku𒈔san Rajitha struck in the eighth over, having Liton caught at second slip to end his long stand with Mushfiqur.
Rajitha struck again three balls later, securing his first f💜ive-wicket haul in a test innings by getting ﷽Mosaddek Hossain (0) caught behind to a delivery that moved slightly.
Mushfiqur remained resolute, reach🔯i🔴ng 150 — from 291 balls — when he nudged a delivery from offspinner Ramesh Mendis past square leg.
Asitha Fernan🌱do dismissed Taijul Isla♔m (15) and Khaled Ahmed (0) but Mushfiqur resisted further with No. 11 Ebadot Hossain.
Mushfiqur ran out of partne✨rs, denying him a fourth double century, when Hossain was run out for 0 after facing 20 deliveries.
Bangladesh’s captain was at the crease for 527 minutes and played🎉 355 balls for a knock that included 21 boundaries. It was his ෴fourth highest score in tests.
