Twitter Reactions: Karunaratne, De Silva build a safe haven for Sri Lanka in the Pallekele Test
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam have bowled a combined tally of 91 overs out of 149 but managed only one wicket, which came on the third day.
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After the fourth day’s play in Pallekele, it can well be said that the opening Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is heading towards a draw. At the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, not a single wicket fell on the fourth day as the Lankans ended the day with their score at 512 for three and a trail of a mere 29 runs ahead of them. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh bowlers kept struggling.
Karunaratne notches a ton
Coming into the fourth day’s play, overnight batters Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva had a massive task at hand to bail their team out of jail. They played out the first session without much trouble and the Lankans went into Lunch with the score of 331 for three. In the first session itself, skipper Karunaratne notched up a century off 247 balls, showing a great deal of patience.
De Silva had also gotten his eyes in, having scored 74 runs. The Tigers took the second new ball in the 81st over, but without much success. In the second session, the Lankans notched 111 runs in 30 overs, denying Bangladesh any chance of making a comeback. De Silva got to his ton off 153 balls and played with a lot of fluency. At Tea, Karunaratne was on the verge of a double ton, scoring 184.
Karunaratne and De Silva guide Sri Lanka
The left-hander racked up the double century off 387 balls. Dhananjaya didn’t show any signs of nervousness either and kept creaming the Bangladesh bowlers. The third and final session was marred with bad light. Only 15 overs were possible in the session in which the Lankans scored 70 runs. Karunaratne ended the day, scoring 234 runs off 419 balls with the help of 25 fours.
De Silva, on the other hand, stayed unbeaten on 154 off 278 with 20 fours. As far as the Tigers’ bowling was concerned, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam bowled a combined tally of 91 overs out of 149 but managed only one wicket, which came on the third day. Taskin Ahmed was the most impressive among the pacers. Skipper Mominul Haque and Saif Hassan also rolled their arms over.
Here’s how the netizens reacted to the day’s play:
💯💯 WHAT A KNOCK!
Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne brings up his maiden Test double century, coming from 387 balls with 21 fours – Magnificent!#SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/AYXBSqmSdH
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) April 24, 2021
Dimuth Karunaratne becomes the 200th player to record a 200+ score in men's international cricket. The first of them was by Billy Murdoch back in 1884.#SLvBAN
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) April 24, 2021
Highest score by a captain against Bangladesh 🇧🇩 in tests.
234* – DIMUTH KARUNARATNE 🇱🇰 in 2021 ***
232 – Graeme Smith 🇿🇦 in 2008
204 – Virat Kohli 🇮🇳 in 2017
202 – Stephen Flemming 🇳🇿 in 2004
200* – Kane Williamson 🇳🇿 in 2019#SLvBAN @IamDimuth pic.twitter.com/ZEgFEYXZuM— Thurunu Jayasiri (@ThurunuJ) April 24, 2021
Captains of both teams scoring centuries in a Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Test match :
BAN v SL (Dhaka, 2008)
Mahela Jayawardena – 166 (3rd inn)
Mohammad Ashraful – 101 (4th inn)SL v BAN (Pallekele, 2021)*
Mominul Haque – 127 (1st inn)
Dimuth Karunaratne – 117* (2nd inn)#SLvsBAN— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) April 24, 2021
Dimuth Karunaratne becomes the :
– FIRST player to score an international double century at Pallekele Cricket Stadium.
– FIRST Sri Lankan captain to score a double century against Bangladesh.
– SECOND Sri Lankan opener to score a double century against Bangladesh.#SLvBAN— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) April 24, 2021
💯💯 WHAT A KNOCK!
Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne brings up his maiden Test double century, coming from 387 balls with 21 fours – Magnificent! 🙌#SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/iJIGpu2O9P
— BIG FAN OF CRICKET (@AhmadBaheer3) April 24, 2021
Dimuth Karunaratne 10th Sri Lankan player to score a Double Century
Aravinda de Silva
Sanath Jayasuriya
Roshan Mahanama
Marvan Attapattu
Mahela Jayawardana
Hashan Tillakratne
Kumar Sangakkara
Thilan Samaraweera
Angelo Mathews
Dimuth Karunaratne#SLvBAN— ⌫ ĸαѕυɴ ɴιrαɴjαɴ (@niranjan_69) April 24, 2021
My hair might turn from jet black to snow white. Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva might still not be done with their partnership in Pallekele. Patience of the highest order. #SLvsBAN #SLvBAN #Bangladesh
— Sabyasachi Chowdhury (@sabya0912) April 24, 2021
Thinking OUT of THE BOX 🤪 @RusselArnold69 @RoshanCricket @farveezmaharoof #SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/QZOlmbDAfy
— Sachin Dananjaya98 (@sachinpeiris98) April 24, 2021
Dear sweet lord this Test is dull.#SLvBAN
— Andrew Fidel Fernando (@afidelf) April 24, 2021
The only time Bangladesh players smiled today so far was when umpires stopped the play due to bad light. #SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/GEIPIeNtUf
— Sakun (@Sakun_SD) April 24, 2021
Double hundred @IamDimuth 🤸♀️🤸♀️🤸♀️🤸♀️ #SLvBAN Well done .. 👏👏👏👏 Great strengths of concentration
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) April 24, 2021
Dimuth Karunaratne has spent 24 hours and three minutes (1443 minutes) on the field in this match.
Captaining/fielding on days 1,2 and 3, and batting on 3 and 4. Still not done.
Maniac. 🤯#SLvBAN
— Andrew Fidel Fernando (@afidelf) April 24, 2021
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