SL vs BAN | Twitter impressed as Prabath Jayasuriya powers Sri Lanka to commanding win in second Test

‌Sri Lanka sealed the two-match Test series with an innings and 78-run win over Bangladesh at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Saturday. Prabath Jayasuriya shone with the ball with an impressive spell of 5/56 picking up three of the remaining four wickets in the morning session of day four as the visitors folded up for 133.

Bangladesh were already in dire straits with a batting collapse in the final session of the previous day as they looked to extend the inevitable in the first session of day four. Starting the proceedings at 115/6, the visitors' innings lasted just 34 balls as left-arm spinner Jayasuriya cleaned up the Bangladesh lower order in quick time. The Tigers, who made 247 in the first innings, could add only 18 runs to their overnight score with Mushfiqur Rahim being their best batter in the second essay with 26 runs.

Apart from Jayasuriya, spinners Dhananjaya de Silva and Tharindu Ratnayake picked up two wickets apiece while Pathum Nissanka walked away with the Player of the Match award after his mammoth 158 powered Sri Lanka to 458 in their first innings. Incidentally, Nissanka also won the Player of the Series award after scoring centuries in both matches.

SL beat BAN!

 beat 

2 Match Test Series 1-0 🏏🇱🇰



Player of the Series -  (2 Match, 369 Runs, 2 Centuries) 👏       

— Guman singh Bhati (@GumanBhati90) 

Srilanka won!

 beat 

2 Match Test Series 1-0 🏏🇱🇰



Player of the Series -  (2 Match, 369 Runs, 2 Centuries) 👏       

— Nishant Dravid (@nishantdravid73) 

SL beat BN in test!

 beat 

2nd  Test by an innings & 78 runs 🏏 🇧🇩 - 247 & 133 🇱🇰 - 458



Player of the Match -  (158)       

— Nishant Dravid (@nishantdravid73) 

Nissanka on fire!

🏅 Player of the Match: Pathum Nissanka

🏅 Player of the Series: Pathum Nissanka

🏆 Champions: Team Sri Lanka  

— Mir Hamza Mughal (@2Mirhamzamughal) 

Superb!

Dominant win by Sri Lanka,🔥 Pathum Nissanka and Prabath Jayasuriya were on fire. 💪 

— Surendra Tripathi (@stripathi56) 

Painful!

Bangladesh still miles behind Sri Lanka in cricketing standards — the gap is real and painful.

      

— Rokibul Hassan Mujahid (@rokibul_17) 

SL won!

Test Series Winner : 🇱🇰 🏆     

— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda) 

Stepdown!

Najmul Hossain Shanto steps down Bangladesh's Test captain following the series defeat against Sri Lanka.



He stepped down from ODI captaincy just a few weeks before.  

— Jitendra Kumar (@jitenda60203698) 

Shanto steps down !

🚨 𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 🚨



Najmul Hossain Shanto steps down as Bangladesh Test captain following the series defeat to Sri Lanka. 🏏



Just a month ago, he had also resigned as ODI skipper. 🇧🇩     

— Kyan Pandey (@kyanpandey) 

Player of the series!

Player of the Series: 🇱🇰🏏 Pathum Nissanka



Player of the Match : 🇱🇰🏏 Pathum Nissanka     

— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda)