Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test at Kandy, SL v BDESH, Apr 29 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

11.25am So Sri Lanka are deserving winners of this Test series, even if their margin of victory here, 209 runs, had quite a lot to do with their luck at the toss. Even so, they did everything right, and in Praveen Jayawickrama seem to have found a genuine talent to invest in for the future. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. We certainly had a lot of fun bringing it to you. Goodbye.

VS: "The biggest difference between strong teams and weak teams is: Strong teams don't complain about the toss!!" -- Mominul had a point, but yeah, it was bad optics to emphasise it so much at the presentation ceremony.

Dimuth Karunaratne, who's also the player of the series: "I was short of runs before this series, and I had to put my hand up here. I did well here, and so did all the other batters. After the West Indies tour, I spoke to the coach, and he said you have to respect the bowling for the first few overs, and that was the secret behind my form here. They batted really well in the first Test, but we had faith that if we put a good score on the board, I felt our youngsters were going to do well. Everything went well, winning the toss, batting first, the spinners bowled really well. Praveen was fantastic and Ramesh too, but I think they need to play Test matches regularly, build confidence, and if they do that, they will fill the shoes of Dilruwan and Rangana for sure."

Mominul Haque: "I think most important thing in this Test match was the toss, in my view. First two days there wasn't anything for the bowlers. Almost 50% the Test match was decided by the toss. Conditions are similar to Bangladesh, other than the humidity, with which we were struggling a bit. When you play international cricket, there will be pressure, and you have to embrace it. We lost this Test in the first innings when we were bowled out for 250. We should have batted better then."

Praveen Jayawickrama, predictably, is the Player of the Match. "There was a bit of pressure ahead of the debut," he says [translated by Roshan Abeysinghe], "but the captain and senior players really helped me."

Ahmad: "Frustrated that Shakib didn't come to play here. More frustrated that he's just benching at the IPL."

Menash: "Since 1980 only the 4th bowler to take 10 wicket haul on debut, first Sri Lankan to do so and since 2008 the only bowler to do so on debut!! Congrats jayawickrama!"

Matthew: "10 on debut...not a bad effort from the fourth choice bowler! He will remember this day forever. "

Aveir : "At least we beat them in the second innings *goes to cry in the corner*"

Vivaan : "This was bound to happen, after Litom's dismissal, it was all about delaying the inevitable, they did well to survive 20 overs after his dismissal."

11.07am It's taken Sri Lanka just over an hour on day five to wrap up this Test match. Praveen Jayawickrama, so good right through this Test match, ends an utterly fairytale debut with 11 wickets. He becomes the 16th bowler to take 10 on Test debut.

Here's the No. 11, Abu Jayed.

In walks Shoriful Islam. Another left-hander. Slip, gully, silly point, short leg in place.

Three wickets to go for Sri Lanka. Jayawickrama continues.

That's drinks.