
Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by runs 78
Colombo: (Web Desk) Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 78 runs in the second Test match.
In the second and final Test of the series, which began in Colombo on June 25, Bangladesh won the toss and batted first and scored 247 runs.
The Sri Lankan team scored 458 runs in their first innings and took a lead of 211 runs. Patham Nissanka scored 158, Dinesh Chandimal scored 93, and Kusal Mendis scored 84. Bangladesh’s Tejalul Islam took 5 wickets, Naeem Hasan took 3 wickets, and Naheed Rana took one wicket.
The Bangladesh team also failed in its second innings and no player could stand against the Sri Lankan bowlers. On the fourth day of the match, the entire team was bundled out for just 133 runs, thanks to which Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 78 runs.
For Sri Lanka, Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets, Dhananjaya de Silva and Tharindu Ratnayake took two wickets each.