Tea Bangladesh 467 and 156 for 4 (Tamim 82, Perera 2-45) need 35 more to beat Sri Lanka 338 and 319 (Karunaratne 126, Shakib 4-74)
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By tea on the final day, Bangladesh were in prime position to pick up their maiden Test win over Sri Lanka. They went into the break at 156 for 4, requiring a further 35 to complete the chase. Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim were the unbeaten batsmen at the crease.
Resuming on 38 for two after lunch, Tamim and Sabbir counter-attacked with several high-percentage shots. When they were not launching into lavish drives and reverse-sweeps, they banked heavily on singles and twos. Most importantly, the bedrock was their defensive technique against quality bowling, a factor easily ignored by Bangladeshi batsmen in similar situations.
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Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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