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

#1 Dinesh Chandimal plays the anchor role

Chandimal played a fighting knock to keep the Bangladesh spinners at bay

A long, steady innings was something Sri Lanka were expecting from Dinesh Chandimal, their senior middle-order batsman in the Test squad. Chandimal had been promising much without delivering the goods thus far but he came good at Colombo.

Chandimal kept losing partners right through the day but he was calm and composed against the spinners and kept out the off-cutters from Mustafizur Rehman with ease. It was clear that the batsman was focused on surviving rather than scoring quickly and it served well for the hosts in the end with him remaining unbeaten on 86 off 210 balls.

Much of Sri Lanka's hopes of getting to a 350+ score on day 2 will depend on whether Chandimal can continue his marathon knock.