Bangladesh scored 458 runs for 4 wickets in the first innings of the Galle Test. At that time, fans and supporters expected that the Tigers would be able to build a huge capital by crossing 500 runs. But yesterday, Wednesday, the late afternoon, Bangladesh's batting lineup suddenly collapsed. After scoring just 26 runs, they lost 5 more wickets. Bangladesh ended the second day's play with 489 runs for 9 wickets.

Due to such poor batting in the late afternoon, fans feared that Bangladesh might not be able to reach the 500-run milestone even with a well-coordinated innings. In the end, that is what happened. Bangladesh were bowled out for 495 in the first innings, 5 runs short of the 500-run milestone.

Bangladesh could only add 6 runs on the third day of the match on Thursday. In the 154th over of the innings, Nahid Rana (0 off 8 balls) was caught by wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis off Asitha Fernando, ending Bangladesh's first innings.

Bangladesh were in trouble early in the innings. The visitors lost 3 wickets for 45 runs. Then Bangladesh turned around with a brilliant partnership of 264 runs between Mushfiqur Rahim and Nazmul Hossain Shanto for the fourth wicket. Shanto played a huge innings of 148 and Mushfiqur 163 runs.

After Shanto was dismissed, Mushfiqur put on a 149-run partnership with Liton Das for the fifth wicket. Mushfiqur was dismissed in the 141st over of the innings. Liton also returned to the dressing room in the next over. The right-handed wicketkeeper batsman was denied another century in the Test by being dismissed for 90 runs.

No one else could stand up for Bangladesh at the bottom.

Asitha Fernando took 4 wickets for Sri Lanka, while Milan Ratnayake and Tharindu Ratnayake took 3 wickets each.