Rain takes over after breezy Tamim Iqbal fifty as first Test ends in high-scoring stalemate
It was a match in which 1289 runs were scored for 17 wickets, the combined bowling average a whopping 75.82
21/04Result
1st Test, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Apr 21-25 2021
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
541/7d & 100/2 (33 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
648/8d
Player of the Match
21/04Result
1st Test, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Apr 21-25 2021
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
541/7d & 100/2 (33 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
648/8d
Player of the Match
Day 5
Dimuth Karunaratne thrives on game of patience
Revamped batting approach yields Sri Lanka captain's highest Test score
Day 4
Double-centurion Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva bat through wicketless day
The pair put on an unbeaten 322 stand with Karunaratne reaching his maiden double-ton on day four
Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test
Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva kept the Bangladesh bowlers at bay on day four of the Pallekele Test
"Pressure's a funny thing" - Mickey Arthur targets unlikely Sri Lanka victory push
Coach backs legspinner Hasaranga to give Bangladesh tough time in fourth innings
Lahiru Kumara ruled out of Bangladesh Tests due to hamstring injury
Kumara's exit leaves Sri Lanka with only three frontline bowlers for the second innings
Dead pitch forces Bangladesh seamers to learn through old-fashioned toil
No point in judging bowlers too harshly on surface where all batters have thrived
Day 3
Karunaratne holds fort as Bangladesh bowlers make crucial inroads
Sri Lanka end the third day on 229 for 3, 312 behind the visitors' first-innings total
Karunaratne isn't perfect but he's the best Sri Lanka have got
The team is in flux and the SLC in chaos, but the captain has hung around to try and rescue them from no-win situations
Day 2
Slow day in Pallekele ends with Bangladesh holding all the aces
Najmul Hossain Shanto's 163 and Mominul Haque's 127 help Bangladesh reach a formidable position
More gaps than games - the frustration of being Mominul Haque
A Test specialist has very few chances of becoming as good as he can be in Bangladesh
'Cut down the runs and fence them in' - how Sri Lanka kept Bangladesh on a tight leash
Vishwa Fernando explains how the hosts' ensured the visitors could score only at 2.66 over the last 103 overs
Day 1
Najmul Hossain Shanto hits maiden century as Bangladesh start Test series with a bang
Half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque add to Sri Lanka's woes on 302-run opening day
Spun down (and out), Sri Lanka roll out the green carpet for Bangladesh
It's evident that spin stocks are at an all-time low in the country of champion tweakers
Najmul Hossain Shanto: 'I believed in myself to score big runs'
Bangladesh's centurion is looking forward to making an even bigger score against Sri Lanka in Pallekele
Others
Tamim Iqbal seeks balance between caution and aggression
It is not only a matter of doing the difficult job, but often how the opener chooses to do it
How often has a player scored a hundred and a duck in the same Test?
And how many players have outscored the opposition on their own in a Test innings?
Shoriful Islam included in Bangladesh squad for first Sri Lanka Test
Bangladesh might field three pacers, and Najmul Hossain Shanto is likely to continue batting at No. 3
Nissanka and Mominul in focus as struggling Sri Lanka and Bangladesh eye revival
Two unpredictable sides desperate for a win face off in a two-match Test series in Pallekele