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Bangladesh win 100th Test match

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19 Mar 2017 03:00 AM । Update: 19 Mar 2017 06:51 AM

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim runs -AFP

Bangladesh made another history in cricket wining their 100th Test match on Sunday.

The Tigers defeated Sri lanka by 4 wickets chasing 190-run lead against the host country on the fifth day of the second test match at the P.Saravanamuttu Stadium in Sri Lanka's Colombo.

Bangladesh ran up 77 runs in the first hour after lunch. Sri Lanka then hit back with the wickets of Tamim and Sabbir.

Claiming the last wicket of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan stopped the host with 319 runs. Then, Bangladesh needed 191 to square the series.

The hosts were all out for 319 in their second innings in Colombo after resuming on 268 for eight, with Dilruwan Perera scoring a half century in an 80-run partnership with Suranga Lakmal (42) for the ninth wicket.

Sri Lanka lead the two-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test in Galle by 259 runs.

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Upul Tharanga, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Asela Gunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath (capt), Suranga Lakmal, Lakshan Sandakan

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Subashis Roy, Mustafizur Rahman

With ESPNCricinfo and AFP inputs

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