SL vs BAN: Najmul Shanto creates historical past, joins record with a number of twin tons in Exams
Bangladesh skipper, Najmul Hossain Shanto was in wonderful type with the bat as he went on to attain his second century in the course of the opening Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka at Galle on Saturday, June 21. This made Shanto the primary batter from Bangladesh to have scored a number of twin centuries (a whole lot in each batting innings). He scored a century within the first innings, racking up 148 runs within the first innings of the match.
Popping out to bat on Day 4, Shanto stayed until the tip of play, unbeaten on 56. On the ultimate day, he took the sport on and performed pretty aggressively to present his facet a large enough result in go for the win within the remaining stretch.
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Rain performed spoilsport within the afternoon, ensuing within the lack of 4 hours of play. As soon as they have been again on the sphere, Shanto who was on 90 reached the triple-figure milestone, his seventh within the longest format. He went unbeaten on 125 as Bangladesh ended up declaring with a lead of 295 runs.
He had beforehand achieved the feat for the primary time in opposition to Afghanistan in Mirpur in 2024, scoring 146 and 124 respectively. Total, he’s the 96th batter to have achieved the feat. Amongst Bangladeshi cricketers, he’s additionally the second man to have scored twin centuries with the primary being Mominul Haque in the course of the 2018 Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Amongst batters to have recorded a number of cases of dual a whole lot, he’s the thirteenth to have recorded the feat. He joins legendary names like Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, David Warner and lots of others to have emulated this document.
Bangladesh began off their World Take a look at Championship (2025-2027) marketing campaign with a draw after Sri Lanka managed to carry their nerves on the ultimate day.
Angelo Mathews, who’s enjoying his remaining Test, was unable to make an influence as he fell for simply 8 runs within the twentieth over.
However the guests have been fancying their probabilities contemplating that they’ve taking wickets pretty ceaselessly. They’ve been banking on their go-to spinner, Taijul Islam took three wickets as he bought some appreciable flip and has been making good use of the circumstances at hand.
