The second and final test of the first ‘Tripura-Chittagong’ cricket series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was a nail-biting match where captain Dhananjaya de Silva showed a very unique set of skills that led his team to a commanding position. De Silva, one of those who remained not out, achieved 70 runs, which made certain that the scores for Sri Lanka by the time of lunch on day 2 of the test match reached 411-5.
Aggressive Batting Display
de Silva, who had the range of incomparable centurie scores from the previous test, played with amazing verve by displaying an attitude of attacking the Sri Lankan team from the very start. Dinesh Chandimal eventually received his due and gave back hard to the Sri Lankan team in the form of a major contribution to the team’s innings in the first test.
Consistent Performances
The brilliant 85-ball test fifty by Chandimal in terms of his resilience and skill merely highlighted this fact tremendously, leaving the Bangladeshi bowlers puzzled about how to deal with such an onslaught, but it led to an equally big leap for the Sri Lanka score. De Silva then went on to improve his batting average even further, thus getting the 14th half-century out of the way as early as the 70th ball, something that convinced the viewers that he might well be going for yet another century after hitting three times five in the first test.
Boundaries Galore
With 4 fours and 2 sixes hitting a 300-run partnership for the 4th wicket, the aggressive approach of the former captain made a crucial addition of the runs to Sri Lanka’s total, thus adding more weight to the Lankans’ victory in the match. Similarly, besides Handunetti Dilesa from the previous test, who played a good role in helping Sri Lanka claim a good position, this time Kamindu de Silva continues to contribute value to Sri Lanka’s batting line-up.
Sri Lanka’s Top Order Brilliance
However, though it was not enough to bring about centuries, Sri Lanka’s top-to-order batsmen, including Kusal Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, and Nishan Madushka, did not disappoint in making their contribution towards the team’s total score, even though they did not reach three figures. To begin with, Bangladesh was rightly judged to be under quite enormous pressure to bowl at one of the most stubborn batsmen in Sri Lanka when Hasan Mahmud failed to reproduce the form he had shown on the very first day of the match.
Conclusion
In short, it was Dhananjaya de Silva’s superb leadership abilities couple with Chandimal’s overall contributions. That is one of the reasons why the Sri Lankan team enjoys a dominant position in the ongoing test game against Bangladesh.
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