Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2017: 1st Test day 2, 5 Talking Points

#1 Bangladesh openers ride their luck to post century stand

Bangladesh’s openers put on 118 for the opening wicket

Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar started off on a fine note for the Bangladeshis by negotiating the opening bowlers. Sarkar had his share of luck when Dilruwan Perera put down an easy catch off Suranga Lakmal.

But the openers grew in confidence from then on, putting on a half-century stand to disrupt Sri Lanka's plans of getting early breakthroughs. Both Tamim and Sarkar began briskly and continued to score freely even when the spinners came on.

Dickwella put down another chance to get rid of Tamim to worsen matters. However, the breakthrough eventually came when the left-hander ran himself out.