While the rest are just busy coming and going. Muminul Haque then handles the other end of the wicket. He fought alone. But to no avail. Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 328 runs. Which is the red-green's sixth big defeat. However, in the end, Muminul, who was undefeated, explained that there was no poker on the wicket of the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
While the rest are just busy coming and going. Muminul Haque then handles the other end of the wicket. He fought alone. But to no avail. Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 328 runs. Which is the red-green's sixth big defeat. However, in the end, Muminul, who was undefeated, explained that there was no poker on the wicket of the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh's innings ended when Nahid Rana returned as the last batsman to Lahiru Kumara. Chasing a target of 511 runs, the hosts were bowled out for 182 runs. They added 135 runs for the last 5 wickets on the fourth day. Muminul played an innings of 87 runs off 148 balls with 12 fours and 1 six. Sri Lanka has one more win in terms of runs in Tests. 465 against Bangladesh in 2009.
Bangladesh won the toss and fielded at home last year in 2015. They also lost that match against Pakistan by 328 runs.
Kasun Rajitha took 5 wickets for 56 runs in a career best bowling performance. As in the first innings, all the wickets of Bangladesh were taken by Sri Lankan pacers Rajitha, Kumara and Vishwa Fernando. In all, 31 wickets were taken by the pacers in the match. This is the record in a test on the soil of Bangladesh.
After the departure of Taijul Islam at the beginning of the day, Muminul made a partnership of 66 runs for the seventh wicket with Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Later he added another 47 runs with Shariful Islam. At the end, Muminul went close to a century in a solo fight but could not do it due to lack of a partner.
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