After defeating Bangladesh by a huge margin of 328 runs in Sylhet, Sri Lanka entered the field in Chittagong with the aim of securing the series. At the end of the first day of the last Test, the Lankans gave a glimpse of a big score. De Silva reached a strong position on the second day thanks to a great performance by the batters. Despite the regret of Mendis’s century miss in the last session, the Lankans put up a huge score of 531 runs in the first innings.
Sri Lanka batted in the last session with 476 runs for 7 wickets. Mendes and Fernando were very aggressive from the start. In this session, therefore, the run rate has also increased. Bangladesh missed the catch like the whole match. Hasan Mahmud left Mendis caught at mid-wicket by Taijul. Mendis-Fernando’s 21-run pair broke in the run-out. Shanto returned Fernando who scored 11 runs with a great throw.
Then Mendis crossed the team’s score of 500 runs with Lahiru Kumara. These two also made a pair of 21 runs. Miraj bowled back Kumara who scored 6 runs. Mendis was moving towards his century with Asitha Fernando in the last wicket. However, he did not get a century in three consecutive innings. Fernando at the other end was run out for no runs by Taijul’s throw. And in this, Mendis had to leave the field with the disappointment of the century miss from 92 runs unbeaten at one end. Sri Lanka’s innings stopped at 531 runs.