There was a wonderful trajectory to Shakib Al Hasan’s deliveries and he kept Bangladesh in the game on a day largely foiled by rain.

Despite having the big names of world cricket in Bangladesh's fast bowling coach over the years, with the likes of Courtney Walsh, Ottis Gibson and now Allan Donald working as the pace bowling coach, Bangladesh’s seam bowling department is yet to become an intimidating force, especially in the longest format of the game.

Half-centuries on Day 3 from former skipper Angelo Mathews and all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva took Sri Lanka to a position of strength in the second and deciding Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Wednesday.

Bangladesh batter Liton Das and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews have made valuable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after fine performances in the drawn first match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Chattogram.

Both Shakib and Mushfiqur are 35 and Tamim is 33. Siddons said that his aim was to get the seniors to end their careers on a high.

The visitors reached 210 for four at Lunch, which was taken five balls ahead of schedule due to rain.

Liton Das has been the name of a revolution for Bangladesh over the past one year or so as the elegant right-hander keeps taking his game to greater heights with commendable consistency.

“He has a deeper understanding of his game and that is making the difference,” Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, a long-term mentor to Mushfiqur Rahim, said about one of his favourite students while talking to The Daily Star yesterday.

The third day of the second and series-deciding Test in Mirpur will be crucial for Bangladesh and their hopes of seizing control by taking a first-innings lead against Sri Lanka. The visitors will resume on 143 for two, trailing by another 222 runs.

Sri Lanka lost two wickets in the final session of Day 2 of their second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur today but the visitors still remain in a strong position.

After an eventful morning session, with records made and broken in abundance, the second session on Day 2 of the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka did not see much action at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Bangladesh's first innings score of 365 against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Mirpur is the highest score ever achieved by a team in Tests after six of their batters departed for ducks. 

Sri Lanka Cricket board (SLC) has called back Kamil Mishara from Lankans’ tour of Bangladesh, sighting alleged break of code of conduct, SLC said in a media release today.

Sri Lanka could see themselves becoming part of a few unique records after the lunch break on the second day of their second Test against hosts Bangladesh in Mirpur today. 

Sri Lanka pacer Kasun Rajitha’s grip said it was going to be an outswinger. The seam position after release was of an outswinger too. But Rajitha’s plan was to use the uncertainty of the scrambled seam and the delivery pitched right outside off stump and jagged back in sharply, cutting Liton Das in half. 

Even though Bangladesh lost two early wickets on the second day of their second Test against Sri Lanka in Mirpur today, Mushfiqur Rahim kept on going as the experienced campaigner brought up his 150. 

Sri Lanka got off to a flying start on the second day of their second Test against Bangladesh as pacer Kasun Rajitha removed ton-up Liton Das and Mosaddek Hossain to complete his fifer in the first hour of the day’s play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. 

Following a disastrous start from Bangladesh that saw them reeling on 24 for five in the first hour of the second Test against Sri Lanka, the hosts staged an outstanding comeback courtesy of a record-breaking unbeaten partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das.

ICC chairman Greg Barclay was on a two-day tour to Bangladesh and attended a press conference at Mirpur after the first day’s play between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka where he talked about cricket governing body’s plans on neutral umpires.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon said that he might have had a heart attack had he witnessed Bangladesh's disastrous start on the opening day of their second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.