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Sri Lanka declare to set Bangladesh 437 target
ESPN
02 May 2021, 17:53 GMT+10
Sri Lanka 493 for 7 dec and 194 for 9 dec (Karunaratne 66, de Silva 41, Taijul 5-70) lead Bangladesh 251 (Iqbal 92, Haque 49, Jayawickrama 6-92) by 436 runs
Sri Lanka have set Bangladesh a target of 437 in the fourth innings, with five and a half sessions remaining in the second Test. The declaration came when Taijul Islam completed his five-wicket haul by clean bowling Suranga Lakmal 15 minutes after the lunch break.
The home side lost three wickets during this short period. Taskin Ahmed had Niroshan Dickwella caught at the deep square leg boundary while Ramesh Mendis also went out swinging, caught at point off Taijul. This was only his second five-wicket haul on foreign soil.