Archive · 17 Jun 2025
Shanto, Mushfiqur Partnership Puts Bangladesh Ahead in 1st Test
Bangladesh is playing a Test match against Sri Lanka, and they are doing well.
Two players, Shanto and Mushfiqur, made a big partnership and scored a lot of runs together.
Shanto got a century, and Mushfiqur also got a century after not scoring well in previous games.
The game is the first one in the new World Test Championship cycle.
Sri Lanka had some new players playing in this game.
Bangladesh reached 293/3 against Sri Lanka on the first day of the first Test.
Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim formed an unbroken 247-run partnership.
Shanto scored his seventh Test century, remaining unbeaten on 136.
Mushfiqur ended a run of 13 innings without a fifty, scoring 105 not out.
The match is the first of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship cycle.
- Who
- Bangladesh and Sri Lanka's cricket teams, with players like Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim.
- What
- Bangladesh is playing against Sri Lanka in the first Test match.
- When
- The match took place on the first day of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship cycle.
- Where
- Galle, Sri Lanka
- Why
- To compete in the World Test Championship.
- Match
- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st Test
- Score
- Bangladesh 293/3
- Partnership
- Shanto & Mushfiqur: 247 runs
- Shanto's Score
- 136 (not out)
- Mushfiqur's Score
- 105 (not out)
- Location
- Galle
- Tournament
- World Test Championship
