Dhaka: Bangladesh’s pace bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Sri Lanka’s terrifying batsman Dhananjaya de Silva on third day’s second session when Lankans were on 308*/2 in 82.5 overs in the 1^st innings against host Bangladesh in the 1^st Test in a two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday.  

Kusal Mendis (145* off 279b; 14x4; 1x6) and Roshen Silva (10* off 23b; 1x4) were on batting in the 3^rd wicket stand as Lankan’s collected 332/2 * in 90^th over.

Dhananjaya was caught behind by Liton Kumar Das, after hammering a century of 173 off 229 balls, including 21 boundaries and one six, and also sharing a partnership innings 308 off 80.2 overs in the stunning overnight 2^nd wicket with another centurion Kusal Mendis.

Before the lunch break of 3^rd day, the 2^nd pair between Dhananjaya and Mendis shared the whole count of Lankans innings of 295/1 in 79^th over from nearly in three sessions, starting their partnership composure from the 2^nd session of the 2^nd day’s play.    

Dhananjaya –Mendis resumed the 1^st innings on the day with their partnership innings as well as the team total of 187/1* in 48 overs and sweated out the Tigers’ bowling department before Mustafiz found Dhananjaya.

Bangladesh posted 513/10 in 129.5 overs in the 1^st innings, which ended in the second session on day 2, opening the innings with bat after winning the toss on Wednesday where Mominul Haque shared partnership of 236 off 56.1 overs in the 3^rd wicket stand with former Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim.

Mominul Haque(176), Mushfiqur Rahim (92), skipper Mahmudullah Riyad( 83*), Tamim Iqbal (52) and Imrul Kayes (40) were the notable scorers for the host side.

Suranga Lakmal and Rangana Herath captured three wickets each for 68 and 150 runs while Lakshan Sandakan found two for 92. Dilruwan Perera got one wicket conceding 112 runs.