Coming into the two fixtures, Sri Lanka had won their two previous matches which were one Day Internationals against Australia in Colombo. For Bangladesh, they failed to pick up a win in any of their last five matches.

With both of Sri Lanka’s wins coming on home soil, they were the firm favourites ahead of the duo’s clashes.

In game one, Bangladesh was the nation to bat first out of the two, as they won the toss. 

The two standout batters for Bangladesh were Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto, with a combined number of 311 runs. Shanto hit one of only two sixes for his side, with Litton Das hitting the other. Das did not break the 100 mark for runs, but he was close with 90 in total from 123 bowls.

The away team totalled 495 runs all out, as all eyes turned to the home nation to see if they could better Bangladesh.

Pathum Nissanka put a great number of runs onto the board for the home nation, scoring 187 from 256. Kamindu Mendis was Sri Lanka’s second highest runner in the match, with 87. A whole century of runs below Nissanka. The home side doubled Bangladesh’s sixes total, with four.

In 27 attempts, a Bangladesh win would be a historic one, which would secure the country’s second-ever Test match win against Sri Lanka.

But as day five was ending, the first Test match between the two nations ended as a draw. Although the momentum was with the away nation, a draw is a positive result, but the chance of a historic win went away.

The second Test match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was played at one of the most iconic grounds in Sri Lanka, the SSC Cricket Ground.

Likewise in Test match one, Bangladesh again won the toss and elected to bat first. But this Test match panned out differently to the first.

Bangladesh at the end of day one, found themselves 220-8. The disappointing performance on the opening day of Test match two all but confirmed a loss for the nation, unless they were to pull off the unpredictable.

Phil Simmons, the head coach of Bangladesh, will be disappointed with his side’s performance in the second game.

The country was 247-10 all out on day two, with Sri Lanka destined to win the second fixture between the nations.

At the end of the second day, Sri Lanka had already bettered Bangladesh’s score, with the favourites finding themselves 290-2 at the dawn of day three. 458 was the score to beat for Bangladesh going into the second innings, but they could not get near the target.

247 runs in the first innings for Bangladesh, followed by 133 in the second, confirmed their loss against Sri Lanka in their final Test series face-off.

It is a quick turnaround from their Test series clashes to their One Day International matches against one another, as their first meeting is 2nd of June.

The next six fixtures for both sides will be against one another, across the next two and a half weeks.