SL vs BAN | Twitter relieved as Shadman Islam escapes Dhananjaya de Silva’s furious bouncer

‌Bangladesh, in a bid to create history by winning their first series in Sri Lanka, opted to bat first in the second and final Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Wednesday. But they had a bad start with opener Anamul Haque being dismissed for a duck with the score reading just five. Number three batter Mominul Haque also returned to the dressing room after making 21 off 39 balls before the host’s skipper Dhananjaya de Silva struck with his first ball of the match.

With de Silva fired up after getting the wicket, the off-spinner was not impressed with Shadman Islam playing without a helmet. The Bangladesh opener had opted for a cap with spin being introduced from both sides very early into the match.

With Shadman on strike, de Silva fired in a bouncer off the fourth ball of the 17th over and the batter quickly took evasive action. He ran in from his short run-up like a medium pacer and aimed for the batter’s head.

Wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis was also caught by surprise as he jumped full length to collect the ball with one hand in what was an excellent effort. The slip fielder, who was already in motion in anticipation of chasing the ball, ended up kicking the helmet. 

The Sri Lanka captain stared at the batter gesturing him to get a helmet with a wry smile. Shadman, who was still in shock, quickly obliged and signalled towards the dressing room for a helmet and Twitter was relieved with the batter’s narrow escape.

Haha!

— BavumaTheKing Temba (@bavumathek83578) 

Rain stops!

Heavy raining at SSC     

— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda) 

Rain !

SL and Rain . It's a sign of Collapse Batting Line up .

— 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 (@santosh1420000) 

Debut!

24 year old Sonal Dinusha makes Test debut.



His FC numbers,

44 matches

2285 runs

6 100s

40.08 bat avg

94 wickets

24.06 bowl avg

6 5fers 

— wajith.sm (@sm_wajith) 

100+

🚨 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ International Wickets for Dhananjaya de Silva 

— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) 

Delayed!

Match delayed due to rain     

— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda) 

Yeah!

very good conditions to bat. No excuse for bangla to not scoring runs here.

— Ashwatthama (@TheMB1111)