woow 1st Test: Rahim falls after historic double hundred
GALLE: Captain Mushfiqur Rahim became the first
Bangladeshi to crack a double century but was dismissed soon after lunch on the
fourth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.
Scorecard
Rahim was unbeaten on 198 at lunch and achieved the landmark
in the second over of the second session of the day.
But Rahim was trapped plumb in front of the wicket by Nuwan
Kulasekara two balls later. Rahim hit a six and 22 fours in his historic knock.
At lunch, Bangladesh
were 546/5 in reply to Sri
Lanka's 570/4 declared after adding 108 to
their overnight total of 438/4.
Rahim put on 102 for the unfinished sixth-wicket with Nasir
Hossain (61 not out) as Bangladesh
frustrated the hosts for a second successive day with their determined batting.
Top-order batsman Mohammad Ashraful missed out on his own
double century when he fell for 190 earlier in the morning session.
Ashraful, playing his first Test in more than a year, added
just one to his overnight score when he went for a rash drive off left-arm
spinner Rangana Herath and edged a catch to captain Angelo Mathews at first
slip.
He occupied the crease for more than a day, hitting one six
and 20 fours in his marathon 417-ball knock.
Ashraful, who batted with patience on Sunday, also added a
record 267 partnership for the fifth wicket with Rahim. Bangladesh's previous highest in Tests was 200
between Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique against India
in Dhaka in 2010.
Ashraful earlier survived a confident appeal for a catch at
leg-slip off the first ball of the morning while attempting to reverse-sweep
part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan.
