A dismal batting show on an increasingly deteriorating pitch putt Bangladesh at the knife-edge of a defeat in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
While the pitch played at its trick as it was expected, Bangladesh batsmen also came up with mindless batting to dig their own graveyards.
Before the bad light stopped the day four’s game on Sunday and helped them to stretch the game to the fifth day, Bangladesh was on 177-5, chasing an improbable target of 437. Liton Das was batting on 14 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz on 4.
Bangladesh still needs 260 with five wickets at hands for a highest successful chase in Test cricket history, which is now 418, achieved by West Indies against Australia.
But with the spinners getting vicious turn and bounce, a record-breaking win looks highly unlikely.
