Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st Test at Kandy, SL v BDESH, Apr 21 2021 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

1st Test, Pallekele, April 21 - 25, 2021, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka

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Bangladesh

541/7d & 100/2

Sri Lanka

648/8d

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Dimuth Karunaratne

, SL

244

Najmul Hassan Shanto is bowled for a duck•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Suranga Lakmal removed both Saif Hassan and Najmul Hassan Shanto•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Tamim Iqbal whips the ball•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne scored his maiden double hundred•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dhananjaya de Silva reached fifty on day four•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva run between the wickets•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne reached his 11th Test century•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Taskin Ahmed celebrates with team-mates after taking the wicket of Oshada Fernando•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Lahiru Thirimanne is congratulated by his captain Dimuth Karunaratne on reaching a half-century•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Mominul Haque dons many hats•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Tamim Iqbal made a quickfire half-century•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Suranga Lakmal dismissed Saif Hassan on the final day•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Taskin Ahmed broke the mammoth partnership•Apr 25, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne goes on the attack•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dhananjaya de Silva punches through the off side•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne is congratulated by Dhananjaya de Silva•Apr 24, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne plays a back-foot punch•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates the dismissal of Lahiru Thirimanne•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Dimuth Karunaratne caresses one on the off side•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Lahiru Thirimanne celebrates his half-century•Apr 23, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Match Coverage

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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?

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

Dimuth Karunaratne thrives on game of patience

Revamped batting approach yields Sri Lanka captain's highest Test score

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

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

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Bangladesh Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Tamim Iqbal	not out	74	98
Saif Hassan	caught	1	8
Najmul Hossain Shanto	bowled	0	8
Mominul Haque	not out	23	86
Extras	(nb 2)
Total	100(2 wkts; 33 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	8	2	21	2	2.62 (1 nb)
MVT Fernando	5	2	18	0	3.6
DM de Silva	11	1	46	0	4.18 (1 nb)
PW Hasaranga	9	0	15	0	1.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	21	Tamim Iqbal	Saif Hassan
2nd	6	Tamim Iqbal	Najmul Hossain Shanto
3rd	73	Tamim Iqbal	Mominul Haque

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ICC World Test Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	RPWR
IND	17	12	4	1	520	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	1.12
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	1.281
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	1.392
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	0.822
SA	13	5	8	0	264	0.787
SL	12	2	6	4	200	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	0.661
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0.601

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