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Bangladesh’s Mominul Haque struck an unbeaten 100 as his side ended with a draw against Sri Lanka on the fifth day of the second Test. After Haque completed his third century, the two captains decided to call a draw with 14 overs to spare. Bangladesh had reached 271/3 when the decision was made. But Sri Lanka clinched the series 1-0 as it won the first Test in Dhaka. Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on 43, while Shamsur Rahman made 45 and Tamim Iqbal contributed 31.
Sri Lanka started their final bid to push for a win in the final session but Haque and Al Hasan denied them any breakthrough. Dilruwan Perera ended with 2/55. Haque shared a 70-run stand with Imrul Kayes, and then added a further 120 runs and remained unbeaten with Al Hasan.
On a testing fifth-day pitch, Sri Lanka’s bowlers tested Haque’s skill peppering a barrage of bouncers, some of which struck his body. A flighted delivery off Vithanage got extra bounce and took the outside edge of Haque’s bat, but it was dropped at slip when he was on 64. In total, Haque hit 11 boundaries on route to his 100, which was his third century in his last four tests. This was also the third century by a Bangladeshi batsman in the Test.
Iqbal and Rahman saw off the new ball and offered a 71-run partnership. Sri Lankan bowlers utilized the rough of the pitch to good effect removing the openers.
The second Test was also notable for Sri Lanka’s Sangakkara, who hit a quick 105 on the fourth day to achieve the rare feat of scoring a triple century and a century in the same Test. They were his 34th and 35th Test centuries. They were also his sixth and seventh centuries against Bangladesh, the most the team has conceded to one player.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 587 & 305/4 decl vs Bangladesh 426 & 271/3 (M Haque 100 not out, D Perera 2/55).
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