Mohammad Asaduzzaman Faruq : Update: Bangladesh Cricket Team’s Tour of Sri Lanka – 2025

Match: 1st Test
Venue: Galle, Sri Lanka
Dates: 17th–21st June, 2025

Brief Scorecard:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 495 & 285/6 (declared)
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 485 & 72/4
Result: Draw

Key Highlights:
👉 Former Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews retired from international Test cricket, ending a 16-year-long Test career.
👉 Under immense pressure, Bangladesh Test captain Najmul Hossain Shanto led from the front with twin centuries in both innings (148 & 125).
👉 Bangladesh’s most experienced batter Mushfiqur Rahim scored a century (163) in the first innings and was unfortunately run out for 49 in the second.
👉 Sri Lanka’s opener saved the team from defeat by playing a resilient knock of 187 runs in the first innings.
👉 Young Bangladeshi off-spinner Nayeem Hasan impressed by picking up 5 wickets in the first innings (5/121).

👉 Man of the Match: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh)

👉 2nd Test: Colombo.. 👉 Date: 25th–28th June