Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test of the two-match bilateral series starting on 30 March 2024 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury International Cricket Stadium in Chattogram. The oppressive heat and conditions will favour the hosts, but Sri Lanka is no stranger to them.
Having lost the first Test by a decent margin to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh will want to reevaluate their strategies and hope to dent the Lankans’ chances. The latter know that they will have to challenge the Bangladeshis in order to win the second game and make it a clean sweep.
Bangladesh have many top-quality spinners, which will help them tremendously in this match. Sri Lanka, too, have decent spinners. The game promises to be a good clash. Both teams will fight it out until the end and hope for a positive result.
Predicted Teams
Bangladesh: Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Litton Das (wk), Shahadat Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Nahid Rana.
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Lahiru Kumara.
Key Players
Mominul Haque (Bangladesh): Former Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque is one of the players to watch out for in their side, and one expects him to take his team towards safety in this game. He played a vital knock in the previous game in the second innings and will hope to repeat that.
Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka): Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva is one of the players to watch out for in the Sri Lankan side. He is a handy all-rounder who can tilt the game in his side’s favour with the bat and ball in hand. De Silva is also a good ball-catcher and can be relied upon in the slips.
Match Prediction
Sri Lanka are the downright favourites to win this game comfortably. Having won the first Test by a whopping score of 328 runs, they will be keen on recreating that in this game and edging their opponents out by a more than decent margin.
