By Admin 
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Test, Day-2 Report: Thanks to Pathum Nisanka’s brilliant century and Dinesh Chandimal’s best half -century innings, Sri Lanka has tightened the match on the second day of the second Test. By the end of the second day’s play, Sri Lanka has scored 290 runs after losing just two wickets. Sri Lanka has gained a lead of 43 runs. Nisanka is unbeaten on 146 runs. At the same time, Prabhat Jayasurya, who came as a night watchman, is present at the crease by scoring 5 runs.
Before the start of Sri Lanka’s innings, Bangladesh started playing 220-8 in the morning on the second day. Bangladesh was all out by adding 27 runs on the second day in his score. No batsman scored a half -century for Bangladesh. Shadman Islam scored the most runs for him. Shadman scored 46 runs. Asitha Fernando and Sonal Dinusha took three wickets each for Sri Lanka. At the same time, Vishwa Fernando got two successes, Thaharindu Ratanayake and Dhananjay de Silva.
Nisanka’s brilliant century
Opener batsman Pathum Nisanka has played an excellent innings. Nisanka is still standing at the crease by scoring 146 runs. Nisanka has hit 18 fours in this innings. Nisanka gave Sri Lanka a great start. Nisanka added 88 runs with Lahiru Udara for the first wicket. Udara was a victim of Taizul Islam after scoring 40 runs.
Chandimal scored half -century, add 194 runs with Nisanka
Dinesh Chandimal was finished by just seven runs after scoring a century. Chandimal scored an innings of 93 runs. In this innings, Chandimal hit 10 fours and a six. Chandimal shared a 194 -run partnership for the second wicket with Nisanka for the second wicket. Chandimal was caught out for the reverse sweep on the score of 93. Sri Lanka has reached a strong position due to this partnership between Chandimal and Nisanka. Sri Lanka would like to achieve a big lead in the first innings on the third day.
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