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

#3 The rebuilding that did not quite happen

Dhananjaya de Silva resisted for a while but got out on 34

The Bangladesh bowlers seemed to be on a mission early on day 1 of the second Test as they had Lanka at 35/3. Dinesh Chandimal then combined with Asela Gunaratne in a watchful stand.

Gunaratne, however, fell to Subashis Roy at the stroke of lunch to reduce Lanka to 70/4. Dhananjaya de Silva, in for seamer Lahiru Kumara, appeared more comfortable at the crease and along with Chandimal, built a steady partnership.

The duo took Sri Lanka to a better position and seemed set to launch a fightback when Taijul Islam produced a slider that skidded under de Silva's bat to clean up his stumps. The partnership that had promised so much ended on 66.