Tamim Iqbal breaks record

Tamim Iqbal breaks record with half-century against Sri Lanka: 131-year-old record broken.

When Tamim Iqbal reached his half-century on the final day of the First Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Sunday, he achieved an unprecedented record in international cricket. When he reached 50, the Bangladesh team total was 52/2, the lowest total for a team when a player has scored half a century. Also, read Deepika Kumari wishes to help India get team gold in this Covid crisis.

The previous record for this individual feat had been written in 1890 when JJ Lyons had scored half a century in a total of 55 teams for Australia against England. Chris Gayle had also scored half a century in a total of 55 teams for the West Indies against New Zealand in 2014.

Tamim finished the test with 74 unbeaten on 98 balls, while teammate Mominul Haque held 23 of 86 balls and Bangladesh posted 100/2 in his second inning before the match was declared a draw.

The half-century was Tamim Iqbal’s 30th in test cricket, but the most ‘one-sided’ yet for Bangladesh’s best test runner.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh raffle first test affected by weather

Bangladesh comfortably batted the final session of the fifth day to get through the first weather-affected test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.

With a 107-run lead and two sessions remaining, Sri Lanka had high hopes after claiming two early wickets from Bangladesh after lunch, but an aggressive blow from starter Tamim Iqbal dashed their hopes of securing a result. It was not possible to play after tea due to the rain.

Suranga Lakmal started brilliantly by firing Saif Hassan (1) and Najmul Shanto (0), but attacker Tamim kept his head, regularly finding limits during his constant hit.

Tamim followed his first inning 90 with 74 in the second, punishing Sri Lankan bowlers every time they were wrong. He drove confidently and pulled the seamers while, against the turn, he danced across the field and raised them without allowing any to settle.

He faced only 98 deliveries for his 74 which included ten fours and three sixes, all against Dhananjaya de Silva.

Sri Lanka had posted a huge 648-8 declared in its first innings in response to Bangladesh’s 541-7. It was the seventh highest total for Sri Lanka in a test.

Captain Dimuth Karunaratne completed a double hundred for the first time after entering the game under pressure following a series of low scores in the Caribbean.

Karunaratne hit 11 1/2 hours for his 244 of 437 deliveries that included 26 fours. Along with Dhananjaya de Silva, he hit until the fourth day and when the partnership was broken on the fifth morning, the duo had added a massive 345 runs for the fourth wicket.

The game seemed to be heading for a draw until the two fast windows last morning. Dhananjaya dragged one over his stumps after hitting 166 of 291 balls with the help of 22 fours, while Karunaratne was caught midway. Taskin Ahmed fired both batters.

Sri Lanka had opted for fast road runs to rack up its huge total and 107-run lead, but the wicket had not deteriorated enough for its bowlers to be effective.

Fast pitcher Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury and Karunaratne confirmed that Sri Lanka has called up left-arm wrist Lakshan Sandakan and rower Chamika Karunaratne as replacements for the second round which will also be scheduled. will play in Kandy from April 29.

Man of the match Karunaratne was satisfied with his effort even though the team failed to achieve victory.

“When you play an event, you have to be mentally prepared to be on the field all five days, be it fielding or hitting. Yes, you can feel it in your body when you’ve been fielding for a couple of days, but when you have the opportunity to hit, you have to take that opportunity, “he said.

“Even in the West Indies I started a couple of times, but couldn’t get a great score. So once I started and settled here, I really wanted to hit a lot, especially since they had already made a great score. ”

His Bangladeshi counterpart Mominul Haque said the draw was a fair result and was relieved that his team had recovered after enduring a series of poor performances.

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