Previously, only three teams (Australia, West Indies and Pakistan) had come out victorious from their 100th test match, while New Zealand drew their 100th game. Bangladesh became the 4th ever team to win on their 100th match, that too on an away ground.
Bangladesh Cricket Team won its 100th Test match at P Sara Oval, Colombo against host Sri Lanka. Tigers wiped out their reputation of choking in the last innings and score 192 to adorn the historic match by a famous win, the first one against the team that presented them most bitter moments in their 17-year voyage in Test arena. Below you will find some of the defining moments of Tigers’.
Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladeshi to make 100 dismissals with keeping gloves. He got rid of Lankan keeper Niroshan Dickwella off Shakib al Hasan to get his 88th Test catch as keeper alongside 12 stumpings.
Soumya Sarkar held total five catches in the match to create Bangladesh record. In first 99 catches four others could hold four catches but none could grab five.
Sakib’s first century against Lankans and fifth in career.
Mosaddek Hossain made 75 in his debut, 15th player to score a half century for Bangladesh in debut. Although three men scored century in debut and total seven players scored more than Mosaddek in an innings in debut but his one is the highest in debut batting at eight.
Bangladesh could never all-out Sri Lanka twice in the same match before this Test. Sri Lanka won 15 times, eight of them by an innings, and two matches were drawn in the Tests between these sides before this game.
