Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

Today is the second day of the Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka second test but the two sessions of the second day are already over and the last and third session is going on. But Sri Lanka's collection is close to 500 runs and Sri Lanka's batting style looks like Sri Lanka will finish today's game and not invite Bangladesh to bat. After finishing today's game, it is very likely that Bangladesh will be able to bat from the first session tomorrowAnd if Sri Lanka sets Bangladesh a target of more than 500 runs, it is difficult to predict how much it will be possible for Bangladesh to fill up that target and get a draw or win. However, it is very likely that Bangladesh will lose the second test because the batting line of Bangladesh is not at all suitable for Test cricket.

At this time I think the Sri Lankan team had the mindset to make 500 and then declare the innings but I think they have to declare it right after making 500 runs because today they have to put their all batsmen or if they can’t take 10 wickets so at least they have to pick 6 wickets which will help them tomorrow.
Today is another day and another day of Bangladesh losing but still, three days are left and in the three days Bangladesh can catch up and win the match if they play well from today until the last day of this test match. After doing that all, they had little hope of winning.

Sri Lanka's top three fire to give them opening day honours in Chattogram

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Not much success for Bangladesh bowlers on first day, just 3 wickets for the bowlers plus one run out. Kusal Mendis was unlucky to miss 3rd consecutive ton by just 7 run. Batting of Sri Lanka is much more stable today then what they have shown in first test. Sri Lanka might score 400+ runs before declaring or losing all wickets. Bangladesh now have a job at there disposal, they need to bowl out well set Sri Lankan batting and then chase a huge total of first innings. 

Today the Sri Lankan team played very well and I think as they made the target today, tomorrow they have to declare the innings after making 400 because in the last match's first innings, the Bangladesh team could not make even 200 runs so if they make 400 then I think that they have to play just an inning. After all, if the Bangladesh team did not upgrade their performance, then for sure, they will not be able to chase 400 runs in two innings.

I think tomorrow they have to make 400 runs in less than 20 overs and then in the remaining overs, they have to out them in the day of tomorrow then I think we can expect that Sri Lanka team can be a winner again and the match will end with the same result.

Dropped catches and poor bowling from the Bangladesh give them setback into first day of the second test with now we have most chances 420 to 450 could be ideal score for the Sri Lanka which is now playing much better in this series after having few bad matches even their bowling also needs to improve because they are having some holes which needs to be fixed before going to play against big teams in near future.

But, now their confidence level still is high, and they are able to secure their series win after impressive performance from their batting in second inning of the first match and now in first inning of the second match Chandimal is still at the crease, and we can expect good batting and good runs from them in this inning.

[MusaPk]

At this time I think the Sri Lankan team had the mindset to make 500 and then declare the innings but I think they have to declare it right after making 500 runs because today they have to put their all batsmen or if they can’t take 10 wickets so at least they have to pick 6 wickets which will help them tomorrow.
Today is another day and another day of Bangladesh losing but still, three days are left and in the three days Bangladesh can catch up and win the match if they play well from today until the last day of this test match. After doing that all, they had little hope of winning.

Sri Lanka's top three fire to give them opening day honours in Chattogram

Sri Lanka are in no mood of declaring innings rather they want all there 11 batsmen to bat. Nine wickets have gone down and Sri Lankans have scored 518 runs. Only 22 overs play left today and it's clear that after scoring so much runs in first innings the aim of SL will be to bowl out Bangladesh as quickly as possible or may be go for follow on. With 500 runs to chase in first innings, it's looks very much impossible for Bangladesh to level the series.

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Sri Lanka are in no mood of declaring innings rather they want all there 11 batsmen to bat. Nine wickets have gone down and Sri Lankans have scored 518 runs. Only 22 overs play left today and it's clear that after scoring so much runs in first innings the aim of SL will be to bowl out Bangladesh as quickly as possible or may be go for follow on. With 500 runs to chase in first innings, it's looks very much impossible for Bangladesh to level the series.

I also said yesterday that Sri Lanka will win this match too because Bangladesh's Test format is very bad at present. To say that most of the Sri Lankan batsmen have performed well in this match and the result is that they have crossed 500 runs and I think this 500 runs is going to be a mountain for Bangladesh. So in this match it is already 100% guaranteed that Sri Lanka is going to win this match.

[SATWAT]

At this time I think the Sri Lankan team had the mindset to make 500 and then declare the innings but I think they have to declare it right after making 500 runs because today they have to put their all batsmen or if they can’t take 10 wickets so at least they have to pick 6 wickets which will help them tomorrow.
Today is another day and another day of Bangladesh losing but still, three days are left and in the three days Bangladesh can catch up and win the match if they play well from today until the last day of this test match. After doing that all, they had little hope of winning.

Sri Lanka's top three fire to give them opening day honours in Chattogram

Sri Lanka are in no mood of declaring innings rather they want all there 11 batsmen to bat. Nine wickets have gone down and Sri Lankans have scored 518 runs. Only 22 overs play left today and it's clear that after scoring so much runs in first innings the aim of SL will be to bowl out Bangladesh as quickly as possible or may be go for follow on. With 500 runs to chase in first innings, it's looks very much impossible for Bangladesh to level the series.

Sri Lankan are enjoying this situation as they are currently in complete control of the game and series as well 158 overs and having score of 519 is big achievement for them in these conditions now they are going to break a test record which was set by India few years back with having 524 runs without having any century need 6 more runs.
Bangladeshi team is badly down in moral with their fielders already drop 6 catches which are too much for any team in this format, we have three bowlers with centuries into their accounts and one with 90+ which is giving all review how things are going for them in this match on this batting pitch.

Edit: While I was writing this post we have new record Mendis hit 2 sixes then last ball run-out mean now this record belongs to Sri Lanka having 531 runs without century in test inning.

[MusaPk]

Sri Lankan are enjoying this situation as they are currently in complete control of the game and series as well 158 overs and having score of 519 is big achievement for them in these conditions now they are going to break a test record which was set by India few years back with having 524 runs without having any century need 6 more runs.
Bangladeshi team is badly down in moral with their fielders already drop 6 catches which are too much for any team in this format, we have three bowlers with centuries into their accounts and one with 90+ which is giving all review how things are going for them in this match on this batting pitch.

Edit: While I was writing this post we have new record Mendis hit 2 sixes then last ball run-out mean now this record belongs to Sri Lanka having 531 runs without century in test inning.

Congrats to Sri Lanka for breaking the record and naming it to themselves. What a tour Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are having. Runs are coming from there bat whenever they come to crease in this test series. Kamindu Mendis missed another century by just 8 runs and was not out in first innings. Shakib Al Hasan was the most successful Bangladeshi bowler who got three wickets but had to bowl 37 overs to get these wickets. 

[LDL]

Sri Lanka are in no mood of declaring innings rather they want all there 11 batsmen to bat. Nine wickets have gone down and Sri Lankans have scored 518 runs. Only 22 overs play left today and it's clear that after scoring so much runs in first innings the aim of SL will be to bowl out Bangladesh as quickly as possible or may be go for follow on. With 500 runs to chase in first innings, it's looks very much impossible for Bangladesh to level the series.

I also said yesterday that Sri Lanka will win this match too because Bangladesh's Test format is very bad at present. To say that most of the Sri Lankan batsmen have performed well in this match and the result is that they have crossed 500 runs and I think this 500 runs is going to be a mountain for Bangladesh. So in this match it is already 100% guaranteed that Sri Lanka is going to win this match.

You notice one thing and a good review of the Sri Lankan scoreboard shows that none of the Sri Lankan batsmen got out for zero runs today but towards the end a batsman Asitha Fernando got out for zero runs i.e. was run out due to which one of the Sri Lankan batsmen Kamindu Mendis (92*  ) narrowly missed out on a century.
Had Ashitha Fernando not been run out, it would have become a world record for his as he(Kamindu Mendis)has already scored a century in two innings in the first Test and if he had scored a century in today's match as well, it would have been three innings in a row.  Maybe he doesn't have such a record because of that, maybe he didn't get a century in the first innings in today's match.

[jasonjm]

In the test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, SL was bowled out on 531 runs in their first inning. All of the Sri Lankan top order scored runs, a few of their batters got unlucky and could score a century, and the rest made a handy contribution. Shakib got 3 wickets and three batters got runout.
Bangladesh responded with aggression. Their opening batters are batting with positive intent and if they maintain this aggression in the first session tomorrow, we might see a thrilling test match.   

[HelliumZ]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

[leonair]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

[tsaroz]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

The scores turned out to be as predicted by myself in the last post. Sri Lanka did scored a decent 1st inning score as almost all of the players performed well. They batted till being all out. They lost two wickets through run out. If they have played slow, they might have got to 600 by the day end as Kamindu Mendis was still there and he could also have made century. Anyway Sri Lanka started bowling in better position. Though Bangladesh haven't lost more than 1 wicket and 55/1 is not bad in a test but there's no consistency on Bangali lineup and Sri Lanka would be trying to all out them tomorrow, preferably calling them again to bat.

[Farhan99]

In today's 2nd Test match of Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka team came out to bat in the 1st Innings. They scored 125 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 38 overs. Sri Lanka team batsman Nishan Madushka was dismissed for 57 runs off 105 balls. Dimuth Karunaratne 44 off 85 balls.  Kusal Mendis scored 22 runs from 41 balls. Bangladesh team bowling line started to perform poorly. Mehidy Hasan Miraz bowled 13 overs and could not take any wickets with 45 runs. Shakib Al Hasan gave 13 runs from 3 overs.

Srilanka posted 314/4 and the day 1 stumps off Bangladesh bowlers failed to take wickets early they took only 4 wickets in complete day. What a charge by the Srilanka team start of the innings to the end of the last session they don't take the pressure. Excellent batting by Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis in this series as long as they remained on the wicket pressure was on the opposite team Bangladesh bowlers have not the ability to bowled the Srilanka team under less score the way the Srilanka team is playing they will win this match easily because the batting line is the weakness of Bangladesh teams against top ranked teams

In 1 st test game between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka team, this game was won by Sri Lanka team and in this game, Sri Lanka batting lineup was brilliant and most players showed very outstanding struggle and woj this game by big margin of runs. Today 2 nd test game,  one day was ended and Sri Lanka team scored 314 runs in 90 overs and losing 4 wickets and their 1 st Inning is still continuing. N.Madushka scored 57 runs with dismissed in 105 balls, D.Karunaratne made 86 runs in 129 balls. D.de Silva and D.Chandimal  both are currently batting in pitch, D.de Silva batsman effort was impressive in 1 st test game. I believe that this game also won by Sri Lanka team and Sri Lanka team is much stronger than Bangladesh team.

Sri lanka played excellent in 1st innings they made 531 runs Kamindu Mendis on 92 runs remain not out six players from sri lanka team made fifties Bangladesh team start the 3rd session of day 2 with his batting they neex to play smoothly because a mountain of scores ahead Kusal Mendis 93 runs and Dimuth Karunaratne 86 runs also create a important role to achieve a big total Bangladesh bowlers failed to create pressure on SL they totally failed out early their main players i think Sri lanka single handedly won this match because keeping in front Bangladesh team batting line they would not be successful to trail 531 runs in 1st innings SL can aslo do folow-on in 2nd innings if team BAN failed to make half of total score in their 1st innings because the lead of 531 cannot be take off

[onecall123]

In the test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, SL was bowled out on 531 runs in their first inning. All of the Sri Lankan top order scored runs, a few of their batters got unlucky and could score a century, and the rest made a handy contribution. Shakib got 3 wickets and three batters got runout.
Bangladesh responded with aggression. Their opening batters are batting with positive intent and if they maintain this aggression in the first session tomorrow, we might see a thrilling test match.   

It was a tough day for Bangladeshi bowlers. Their bowlers looked quite ordinary, giving away TOO many runs. Even with Shakib's presence, there was little improvement. Some Sri Lankan batters got lucky breaks as Bangladesh struggled in the field. Sri Lanka made history by posting their highest total in the second Test against Bangladesh!
Bangladesh responded with aggression but lost their opener. Will the hosts be able to match Sri Lanka's score tomorrow that's the concern.

[WatChe]

It was a tough day for Bangladeshi bowlers. Their bowlers looked quite ordinary, giving away TOO many runs. Even with Shakib's presence, there was little improvement. Some Sri Lankan batters got lucky breaks as Bangladesh struggled in the field. Sri Lanka made history by posting their highest total in the second Test against Bangladesh!
Bangladesh responded with aggression but lost their opener. Will the hosts be able to match Sri Lanka's score tomorrow that's the concern.

End of day 2, Bangladesh trail by 476 runs and they have lost the important wicket of Joy. Sri Lankans batsmen have done there job and now it's an easy job for there bowlers. In first innings, almost all batting lineup improved there batting stats while Bangladesh bowlers kept struggling to get wickets. The pitch is spinner friendly but Bangladeshi bowlers failed to take advantage of this pitch. I don't think Bangladesh has a chance of winning this game.

[ZAINmalik75]

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

Yeh absolutely agree with your point of view because it's not looking like Bangladesh playing at thier home ground and delivering such worst performance it's totally unbelievable and look at opponent score board they hit a 500+ digit and to be honest if they hold thier wickets a bit they definitely K.Mendis will scored thier third consecutive century in just one and half test matches, how gem sirilankan team has found at thier lower middle order where things got more hard for them to tackle but he is try his best and delivering much more good results then any expectations, Anyway after such high digits target I taught Bangladesh will give a handsome response but instead of showing some magic they lose thier first wickets and just score around 50, I am damn sure that Bangladesh will lose couple of wickets at start of second day

[cryptoWODL]

In the first innings of the second Test match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, we again saw a consistent batting performance from the Sri Lankan batsmen today.Sri Lankan batsmen showed their professionalism today and scored a lot of runs against Bangladesh but they may regret every batsman that they could not score any batsman century. Sri Lanka team top order middle order all the batsmen gave their best today.Srilanka are already way ahead of Bangladesh even they scored more runs they should have declared the innings but they didn't.

Bangladesh batting in their first innings with the aim of crossing 532 runs, I would say their first innings got off to a bad start.Bangladesh have lost one wicket in 55 runs and will start their first innings tomorrow, maybe defeat awaits Bangladesh in this match.

[Iranus]

It was a tough day for Bangladeshi bowlers. Their bowlers looked quite ordinary, giving away TOO many runs. Even with Shakib's presence, there was little improvement. Some Sri Lankan batters got lucky breaks as Bangladesh struggled in the field. Sri Lanka made history by posting their highest total in the second Test against Bangladesh!
Bangladesh responded with aggression but lost their opener. Will the hosts be able to match Sri Lanka's score tomorrow that's the concern.

End of day 2, Bangladesh trail by 476 runs and they have lost the important wicket of Joy. Sri Lankans batsmen have done there job and now it's an easy job for there bowlers. In first innings, almost all batting lineup improved there batting stats while Bangladesh bowlers kept struggling to get wickets. The pitch is spinner friendly but Bangladeshi bowlers failed to take advantage of this pitch. I don't think Bangladesh has a chance of winning this game.

I don't expect any good batting from Bangladeshi batsmen in Test format. Because I have seen Bangladeshi batsmen batting well in Test format in very few matches. But I expected to see good bowling from the Bangladeshi bowlers. Because Bangladesh is always strong at their home ground and their bowlers bowl well. However, we are not seeing good bowling from the Bangladeshi bowlers in the Test match against Sri Lanka. The performance of Bangladeshi bowlers was poor in the first test match as well, and as usual Bangladeshi bowlers are not doing well in the second match.

At the end of the second day, Bangladesh collected 55 runs with the loss of one wicket. The match is likely to be a draw if the Bangladeshi batsmen are able to perform well on the third day. But personally I think its very unlikely. My guess is that Bangladesh will face a batting disaster early next day, and will lose all wickets to score 250-300 runs. Like the first match, the Bangladesh team will be defeated by a big margin in the second test match as well.

[Z_MBFM]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

I agree with you a lot.  As a Bengali, it feels very bad to see Bangladesh in such a bad state.  Sri Lanka are playing much better than before. they are collecting runs which even the king of cricket India cannot normally do. 531 runs is not an amazing score in a test match but a big target for any opposition team  Let's see how many runs Bangladesh can collect in the 1st innings. But even if you estimate 200 runs, I think Bangladesh can cross 300 runs if they can save wickets.  But in the 2nd innings, both their bowling and batting performance should be very good to minimize the runs.

[DanWalker]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

I agree with you a lot.  As a Bengali, it feels very bad to see Bangladesh in such a bad state.  Sri Lanka are playing much better than before. they are collecting runs which even the king of cricket India cannot normally do. 531 runs is not an amazing score in a test match but a big target for any opposition team  Let's see how many runs Bangladesh can collect in the 1st innings. But even if you estimate 200 runs, I think Bangladesh can cross 300 runs if they can save wickets.  But in the 2nd innings, both their bowling and batting performance should be very good to minimize the runs.

Bangladesh has never been better in the Test format. And I think Bangladeshi fans also don't expect much from Bangladesh in Test format. Bangladesh played quite well against Sri Lanka in ODI and T20 formats. But the team is performing very badly in the test format.

I think the future of Bangladesh will depend on today's first session. If Bangladesh can bat well in the first session then there is a possibility of Bangladesh scoring high. But the probability of Bangladesh team collecting 531+ is very low. I don't think Bangladeshi batsmen have the ability to bat so well.

[kro55]

When Sri Lanka were all out for 531 runs, it was Bangladesh's batting name and initially Bangladesh started well, but Bangladesh's first wicket Mahmudul Hasan Jai fell for 47 runs. Looking at the batting of Bangladesh, I thought that maybe Bangladesh can do well in this innings, but with the loss of 47 runs, my idea changed.
Bangladesh should have faced the remaining few overs of today's last session in a defensive mood, but that was not possible, instead Bangladesh's top order batsman Mahmudul Hasan got out. Although Taijul Islam came in the end and managed to pass the session. Second day's play is over Bangladesh will start the third day with a bang and it is expected that Bangladesh can do well in the first innings if the batsmen in the top order do not fail.

Sri Lanka played an incredible game, 531 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh will not be able to achieve this score even in two innings  So I can guarantee that Sri Lanka will win this match. Bangladesh have started the game and have scored 55 runs so far and they have lost 1 wicket so far. So it is doubtful whether Bangladesh will be able to cross 200 runs.  I was really surprised to see Sri Lanka play like this.  I thought the maximum they would score would be 400 runs but I never expected them to cross 500 runs.

I agree with you a lot.  As a Bengali, it feels very bad to see Bangladesh in such a bad state.  Sri Lanka are playing much better than before. they are collecting runs which even the king of cricket India cannot normally do. 531 runs is not an amazing score in a test match but a big target for any opposition team  Let's see how many runs Bangladesh can collect in the 1st innings. But even if you estimate 200 runs, I think Bangladesh can cross 300 runs if they can save wickets.  But in the 2nd innings, both their bowling and batting performance should be very good to minimize the runs.

Bangladesh has never been better in the Test format. And I think Bangladeshi fans also don't expect much from Bangladesh in Test format. Bangladesh played quite well against Sri Lanka in ODI and T20 formats. But the team is performing very badly in the test format.

I think the future of Bangladesh will depend on today's first session. If Bangladesh can bat well in the first session then there is a possibility of Bangladesh scoring high. But the probability of Bangladesh team collecting 531+ is very low. I don't think Bangladeshi batsmen have the ability to bat so well.

Opener Zakir Hasan is batting responsibly today. He batted well yesterday too. And Zakir is batting very carefully today. After losing the first wicket at 47 runs, Bangladesh have not yet lost any more wickets. Bangladesh collected 80 runs after losing 1 wicket. Zakir was unbeaten on 47 runs off 86 balls. At the same time, Taijul Islam is also batting very well. Taijul is at the crease after collecting 5 runs from 34 balls.

Bangladesh team is still trailing by a huge margin of 451 runs. Almost every batsman in the squad needs to play well and at least 2 centuries are needed to make such a big collection. If the Bangladeshi batsmen can bat well then the match will be a draw or Bangladesh will be defeated. I do not see the possibility of Sri Lankan team losing.