Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto blasted twin centuries to help his side draw the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday, while Angelo Mathews brought the curtain down on his ...

Sri Lanka held on for a draw in the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday, June 21 at Galle International Stadium, Galle. Chasing a target of 296 in the fourth innings, Sri Lanka finished Day 5 on ...

Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has scored his second century of the match to help Bangladesh draw the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, while Angelo Mathews brought the curtain down on his red ...

SL vs BAN: Najmul Hossain Shanto creates history, emulates Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar's records Najmul Hossain Shanto slammed back-to-back centuries as he led Bangladesh's charge with the bat.

Shanto also became the first Bangladeshi batter to make 100 in each innings in an away test. Mominul Haque and Shanto himself have already done it on home grounds, booking Test tons on both innings ...

Shanto's scores of 148 and an unbeaten 125 led Bangladesh to declare at 285/6, setting Sri Lanka a challenging target. He surpassed Mushfiqur Rahim's record for most runs in a Test by a Bangladesh ...

The day belonged to Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who scored hundreds in both innings. Shanto remained unbeaten on 125 in the second innings after posting 148 in the first. This marked the ...

Shanto's 273 runs is now the highest aggregate for a Bangladesh captainin a Test match. The key ingredients that made it all possible were his confidence in defending the ball and always being on ...

Shanto hits slow ton as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka settle for Galle Test draw The captain becomes the first Bangladeshi to score two centuries in a Test match Sports Correspondent bdnews24.com ...

Shanto, who scored 148 in the first innings, reached his seventh Test century with a single via a reverse sweep off Tharindu Rathnayake. With this feat, Shanto becomes the first Bangladeshi captain to ...

It is quite rare to see the Bangladeshis do well in Tests, and the first match against Sri Lanka was one of those occasions. Even as the match headed towards a drab draw, host skipper Najmul Hossain ...